How to run glxgears at full speed and not synchronized to vertical refresh?

15 Nov 2011 at 00:00:00 - 4 comment(s)

You normally use glxgears to check performance of your graphic card but you get the same as your monitor refresh rate (60Hz = 60fps). You simply need to override a variable to not run synchronized to the vertical refresh.

To do so, simply run the following:

export vblank_mode=0
glxgears

As simple as that.

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