What does glxgears do?

What does glxgears do?

The glxgears program is a port of the “gears” demo to GLX. It displays a set of rotating gears and prints out the frame rate at regular intervals. It has become quite popular as basic benchmarking tool.

How do you use glxgears?

GLX-Gears. You can invoke it by typing “glxgears” on a terminal. This will open up a window with an OpenGL rendering of a simple arrangement of three rotating gears. The frame rate is measured and printed out on the terminal every five seconds.

What is Nvidia SMI?

NVIDIA-smi ships with NVIDIA GPU display drivers on Linux, and with 64bit Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Nvidia-smi can report query information as XML or human readable plain text to either standard output or a file.

How do I test my Nvidia graphics card Linux?

Benchmark your GPU

  1. Mesa Utils. Install the following package: sudo apt-get install mesa-utils. And then start a benchmark test from the commandline glxgears.
  2. Open GL. Run the OpenGL benchmark test with sudo apt-get install glmark2. and run the test with glmark2 –fullscreen –show-all-options.
  3. Benchmark Unigine.

How can I see FPS in Linux?

If you have a game on Steam and you want to display a FPS counter while playing it, simply launch the game (make sure the Steam Overlay is enabled), pop up the overlay (default shortcut is Shift+Tab), then go to Settings, In-Game, and “In-Game FPS counter”.

Does 3DMark run on Linux?

There is no current version of 3DMark for Linux, even though they DO have OpenGL benchmarks (Ice Storm (which has an Android version) and a downgraded version of Cloud Gate called Slingshot).

How do I use nvidia-SMI?

Accessing nvidia-smi to review GPU Usage

  1. Launch the DOS Command Prompt from the Run window (press Win+R on your keyboard to open “run” then type cmd).
  2. Change the directory location to the folder where nvidia-smi is located.
  3. Type nvidia-smi -l 10 in the DOS window and press enter.
  4. Review the nvidia-smi usage summary.

How do I monitor my nvidia GPU performance?

How to View the Current nVidia Graphics Processor Usage

  1. Click on the Windows Start Menu and type Device Manager, press Enter.
  2. Open the Display Adapters category.
  3. Right click on nVidia GeForce 310M and select Properties.
  4. Click on the Driver tab to view the driver version.

What graphics card do I have Linux?

On a GNOME desktop, open the “Settings” dialog, and then click “Details” in the sidebar. In the “About” panel, look for a “Graphics” entry. This tells you what kind of graphics card is in the computer, or, more specifically, the graphics card that’s currently in use. Your machine might have more than one GPU.

What GPU do I have Ubuntu?

Press “Ctrl, “Alt,” and “T” to open a terminal. In the terminal, type the following “lspci | grep VGA.” Tap “Enter.” You’ll see information about your GPU.

How do I add FPS counter to Steam?

On Steam, open Settings > In-Game > In-Game FPS Counter. Select a location in the drop-down to turn it on. The next time you launch a game, you’ll see your frame rate displayed in the corner using dark gray text (though you can check the High Contrast Color box to display it in more readable text).