OpenGL is it needed???

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Ric Moore wrote:
> 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

Specifically which OpenGL RPMs did you install?

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