[Gllug] Glxgears

Mick Farmer mick at dcs.bbk.ac.uk
Fri Feb 4 21:13:16 UTC 2011


On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 21:40 +0100, salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
> On Fri, February 4, 2011 21:25, Mick Farmer wrote:
> > Dear GLLUGers,
> >
> > My Dell Inspiron laptop is running Fedora 14 (64-bit) and so
> > far I've been happy with the performance.
> >
> > I now want to run some graphical applications.  To benchmark
> > the system I ran glxgears which reported a consistent 59
> > FPS.
> >
> > However, googling for similar data I came across sites
> > reporting 2000+ FPS.
> >
> > What should I expect?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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> 59 fps seems extremely low. My desktop (dual core intel with nvidia
> graphics) reports about 2475 fps for example.
> 
> The problem may be that you are running software gl emulation (i.e. mesa)
> rather than using the hardware.
> 
> Try running glxinfo and look at the output. It should tell you what gl
> driver you are using. What kind of graphics card do you have on the
> machine ?
> 
> 
> Salsaman.
> 
> 
> 
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Dear Salsaman,

This is the information that I obtained.  It means nothing to me.  Can
anyone shed some light?

Regards,

Mick

[mick at lapwing ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, 
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_INTEL_swap_event
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, 
    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, 
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_INTEL_swap_event
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, 
    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, 
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_INTEL_swap_event
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset GEM
20100330 DEVELOPMENT 
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.9
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_copy_buffer, GL_ARB_depth_clamp, GL_ARB_depth_texture, 
    GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions, GL_ARB_fragment_program, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, 
    GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, 
    GL_ARB_half_float_vertex, GL_ARB_map_buffer_range,
GL_ARB_multisample, 
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query,
GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite,
GL_ARB_provoking_vertex, 
    GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map, GL_ARB_shader_objects, 
    GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_sync, 
    GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, 
    GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, 
    GL_ARB_texture_swizzle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_array_object, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos, 
    GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, 
    GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, 
    GL_EXT_cull_vertex, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
GL_EXT_copy_texture, 
    GL_EXT_draw_buffers2, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit, 
    GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters,
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, 
    GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, 
    GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object, GL_EXT_point_parameters, 
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_provoking_vertex,
GL_EXT_rescale_normal, 
    GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, 
    GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, 
    GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, 
    GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, 
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object,
GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, 
    GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_EXT_texture_swizzle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, 
    GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra, GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1, 
    GL_APPLE_client_storage, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, 
    GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object, GL_APPLE_object_purgeable, 
    GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, 
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_separate_stencil, 
    GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, 
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_texture_signed_rgba,
GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, 
    GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_depth_clamp, 
    GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, 
    GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4, 
    GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_vertex_program,
GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, 
    GL_OES_read_format, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, 
    GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod,
GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays, 
    GL_OES_EGL_image

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