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Nvidea 8400GS OpenGL framerate problem SOLVED!

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So...we've been dumb.

To recap, we get the cards running with QE/CI but Cinebench gives us 6fps for OpenGL test.

We've been trying different hacks, different configs....and the one thing we didn't try...was a different testing program.

I was curious how my Power Mac G5 would work, so I went looking for a compatible program.

I found GLView - OpenGL Extensions Viewer at kexts.com
It tests OpenGL versions 1.1-3.3

I noticed that my G5's card doesn't do 3.0 and above.
I then remembered that a friend I'd talked to about this suggested that a 2011 program might not be able to test a 2004 (or whatever) tech card.
It's a Universal program so it'd run on Power PC's and Intel macs.

One file transfer later, and I'm seeing frame rates above 300 for OpenGL versions below 3.0 and nothing for above.

http://www.kexts.com/view/1034-glview.html

(hopefully someone who's more familiar with this kind of stuff can explore/explain the program more).
 

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so cinebench isn't able to test the card? I dunno man install a game and see how it runs, by the way that movie looked in cinebench it was definitely only giving my 6fps. When i ran novabench it wasn't looking too cripsy either
 
I've tried OpenMark (http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15242/openmark) XBench (http://www.xbench.com/) and smallOpenGL FPS Bench (http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/34981/ ... -fps-bench) and they seem to go along with my theory.

The GLView, though is the newest of the programs (upated in 2/11), and gives the most comprehensive answers.

The answer to everything may be in their site: http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/extensions.html There's a lot there, but I don't understand enough yet to fully get it.
 

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Portal seems to play fine. Don't know if there's a way to make it show the fps while running, though. :crazy:

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Loaded Second Life with the FPS showing and was getting teens-30s fps.
 
installed wc3 last night.. and it runs great with the graphics maxed out. ur probably right.. cinebench probabaly tests for openGL 3.0 or something. This card is pretty old eh? Anyway i guess it doesn't matter about system profiler not recognizing it. Now i just gotta wait till monday for this damn micro-sata adapter so i can do one final install on my 1.8 inch SSD. This computer is working great. Only thing is sometimes if i let it sit too long it doesn't wake up from sleep or hibernation or whatever it is. Probably will do a build/install guide for my hardware cuz it was soooo ****in easy but i might not (cuz it was so ****in easy lol). Bigups to everybody.
 
Yeah, Sleep is the last thing that isn't working on mine. I just disabled sleep in power settings, but I'll keep looking around for an answer.
 
ive gotten my 8400 gs 512mb working fully is there anyway to get two working at the same time just cant do it tried all options.
 
Dino Forino said:
ive gotten my 8400 gs 512mb working fully is there anyway to get two working at the same time just cant do it tried all options.

How "fully working" is fully working?

Does system profiler Identify the card, or does it say "unknown NVIDIA card"? Dual monitor support? all ports work? QE/CI?

As for 2 cards...do they have the same ID? Just because they're the same card doesn't guarantee it's the same id, apparently.
 
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