[ATrpms-users] 200 fps on my FX 5200

[Jarod Wilson]

On Thursday 07 April 2005 17:38, Preet Khalsa wrote:
> Sorry Jarod for posting this to the list, but I need more eyes on this
> one.

Not a problem, best to have the conversation archived for the world to 
reference anyhow. :-)

> Finally had a chance to reboot so here are some results.
>
> > Huh, wonder what the difference is w/the RHEL4 x86_64 kernel. Where do
> > you see that error? Maybe I'm not looking in the right place, and I'm not
> > using NvAGP, but I'd swear I am...
>
> NvAGP = 1 and dmesg gives me ...
>
> NVRM: not using NVAGP, an AGPGART backend is loaded!

I get nothing in the logs on RHEL4 x86_64, but performance is identical with 
NvAGP =1 and NvAGP = 3. I'm guessing its actually AGPGART all the time, just 
nothing logged?

> Other people have mentioned this same problem on the Myth list.
>
> > > I am at the latest MSI BIOS.  That was the first thing I did.  However
> > > I am now going to poke around in the settings.  There is a "Cool and
> > > Quiet" setting that I enabled because this is a 24x7 Myth box.  Maybe
> > > it or something else is squelching the AGP.  I know that when I tried
> > > to overclock this beast, the FX 5200 barfed and shut down.  I had to
> > > reset the CMOS to get started again.
> >
> > I suppose it could be something in the BIOS interfering... I presume you
> > have fast writes and all that good stuff enabled, but yeah, maybe
> > something with the cool and quiet setting mucks with agp...
>
> Turned Cool and Quiet off ... still no results.  199 fps at best.
>
> Any more ideas from people.  This card should give at least 1,500 fps.
> Could is be a problem with the x86_64 platform in general?  I switched
> expecting great results.  So far ... heartache.

Its certainly possible x86_64 plays a part in it, but I'm getting over 7100 
fps on an x86_64 box (w/a GF 6600 GT).

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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