OpenGL is it needed???

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 19:42 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Ric Moore wrote:
> > Got a question that I thought I'd post here, for the quality of replies
> > <smirk>
> >
> > I've got a GeForce 5200 with the livna drivers installed to FC6. I'm
> > running 32bit on an Athlon64 3200+ with 2 gigs of memory. Hell, at least
> > I'm impressed!
> >
> > The question is (hold your breath!) is do I need OpenGL installed???
> >
> > I'm running a 3D adventure game (now the truth is known) and it's choppy
> > as hell. I know I got the mojo machine here. I read a post where one guy
> > said that he had installed openGP and it tasked the CPU instead of the
> > GPU. Removing openGL, according to his guy, really cranked up his
> > graphical display significantly, he says.  I have no clue. Would someone
> > clue me in??? I know ole Lonnie has this stuff pegged. I eagerly await
> > the chance to be further educated! Yes, I am also running Beryl. Ric
> 
> If you're using the nvidia driver, then you already have OpenGL support. 
> You didn't state which game you're playing.

I just got glest off of the new games section for FC6. Should I remove
the openGL rpms? glest stutters like mad. It has really great graphics,
but I switched off all of the graphical features and it still
stutters... the sound is garbled and the mouse tracks erratically. Ric