[vtkusers] Compiling vtk on an nvidia card

[Jonathan Bailleul]

Luca Pamparana a écrit :
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I just installed an Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS card on my machine. However, 
> I do not see any performance increase in vtk on the linux system. 
> However, the windows version of my program runs so much faster! I am 
> wondering if it is the OpenGL libraries that I am linking to.
> 
> Does anyone have experience regarding this? I installed the nvidia-glx 
> and the nvidia-dev packages but wonder which openGL libraries do I have 
> to link to.
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
> 
> Luca
> 
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It is almost always mandatory to go to nvidia's website and download the 
latest drivers for linux. The installation will certainly require that 
kernel sources are present on your system (just install the package), 
but it will be completely automatic besides that, including xorg.conf 
modifications.

Then, when you will run X (to log in), a Nvidia splash screen will 
appear, indicating that proprietary drivers are in use (is it the case 
already?). Most generic drivers are just very very lame and do not seem 
to be optimized at all.