[plug] [OT] Strange system speeds (And Q3A: Linux .vs. Windows)

[Scott Middleton]

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> No matter which card I put in I get less than 1fps (approx 0.5 ~ 0.2) but 
> the same graphics cards in the other system give a steady 29.4 ~ 29.9 fps. 
> (using 'timedemo 1' and 'demo four' although the fps fluctuates between 15 
> and 50 during the demo)
> Both machines have near identical software setups. Both Windows XP although 
> p2-400 is only 2 months old, XP was a clean install. (To bring this back to 
> the Linux, p3-667 dual boots and p2-400 may soon become a Linux server and 
> used to dual boot)

I had a similar problem with 3d and did the same things, Swapping known
good video cards etc. Can you run all the video tests in dxdiag? I
couldn't (step 7 error). I went up and down DirectX up and down nvidia
drivers and changed to the on-board Intel rage. All to no effect. So i
fixed it the windows way - i reinstalled.  I still don't know what was
wrong, i suspect that one of the Nvidia versions i installed broke the
directx and simply upgrading the directx doesn't work. Fortunately
Windows is usually easy to fix once it is deleted.

Regards

-- 
Scott Middleton <scott at LinuxIT.com.au>