NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Extremely Slow

[Ric Moore]

On 03/09/2013 05:32 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
> On 13-03-09 04:58 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 03/09/2013 01:25 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
>>> On 13-03-08 08:44 PM, Lawrence Houston wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Keith Clark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 13-03-08 07:10 PM, Lawrence Houston wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Keith Clark wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 13-03-08 06:21 PM, Lawrence Houston wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 8 March 2013 21:14, Keith Clark
>>>>>>>>> <keithclark at waterloosubstop.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I am currently running Xubuntu 12.10 64 bit and have a NVIDIA
>>>>>>>>>> 6200 video
>>>>>>>>>> card with 512 MB of memory on it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Using the NVIDIA 304.48 driver I am getting extremely slow
>>>>>>>>>> performance.
>>>>>>>>>> Ubuntu running Unity will not even start up.  I see it starting,
>>>>>>>>>> get to my
>>>>>>>>>> background showing and then nothing else shows up.  I have to
>>>>>>>>>> ctl-alt-del
>>>>>>>>>> and log in with a Xubuntu session to use my computer at all.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> glxgears reports 2.5 fps.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Using the open source drivers yields only about 25 fps.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas on what is wrong here?  I files a bug report back in
>>>>>>>>>> December but
>>>>>>>>>> got nothing back yet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sorry I missed the Original Posting...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> None of NVidia's Drivers work "Correcty" with the 6200, remove all
>>>>>>>> Propietory NVidia Drivers the Default "Nouveau" Driver will be
>>>>>>>> Unity "Friendly"!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Agreed NVidia's Proprietory Drivers used to work in previous Ubuntu
>>>>>> Releases for me as well, that said the 6200 is a Low End Card
>>>>>> (comparred to NVidia's "Newer" Card).  "Catch" I have an 4X AGP Port
>>>>>> and there is NOT Many Cards which I could find without a Fan that
>>>>>> would fit my 2004 DELL!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lawrence Houston  --  (ubuntu at greenfield.dyndns.org)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Lawrence,
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you try to get any support from NVIDIA on this?  In their dev
>>>>> forums?
>>>>>
>>>>> Keith
>>>>
>>>> I did not contact NVidia on this issue.  Given the age of the 6200 I
>>>> question whether they would want to track it down???
>>>>
>>>> Lawrence Houston  --  (ubuntu at greenfield.dyndns.org)
>>>>
>>> Well they list it as compatible in their documentation.
>>>
>>> Regardless, I think I've found the solution to my problem.  It can be
>>> found here:
>>> http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-quetzal-nvidia.html
>>>
>>> I went from 2.5 fps originally, 50 fps with the nouveau driver and
>>> finally 550 fps with the latest installed nvidia drivers as per the web
>>> page above.
>>>
>>> nvidia driver version shows 304.84
>>>
>>> I hope this might help someone else.
>> Glad you got it sorted! Whew! Congrats for keeping a level head and
>> not fixing it with a blunt heavy object. Ric
>>
>>
>>
> Oh yeah.  It has been an issue since I upgraded to 12.10.  So glad I
> found that website!
>
> Funny, in Ubuntu I get 550 fps.  In Xubuntu I get 1100 fps.  Now that is
> a major difference!

It's all I will use. But, adding a second video card and running three 
monitors takes a performance hit using xinerama and the nVidia driver. 
Gonna try setting them all to separate X displays and fiddling with 
xrandr. xinarama disables xrandr. Warzone2100 across three displays is 
awesome fun. Ric



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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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