Title says it all. The game is slow jerky it is not playable, using Ubuntu 7.10

Playing single game alone.

My specs are:

Dual boot - Ubuntu and Windows XP Home /SP2
ASUS P5B 2.13 gH , Memory 2 GB
GeForce 7600GS 512 MB
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0509 09/06/2006
HD (250 GB), DVD/CD ROM drive , USB SD Reader
SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Siemens SL2 ? 141 Router/Modem
HP psc 1215, USB PC Camera
A4Tech Keyboard - A4Tech Mouse

Graphics look very good. Sound is horrible.

FPS = 1 (That's what it says)

Any advice will be appreciated.

have you tried the latest hotfix ?
you can get it here: http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=2824

Yes. After I downloaded the hot-fix, the frame rate went to 3 FPS then dropped to 2 FPS.

Totally unplayable, sad to say.

Try XP, it use to be better in-game

Nah, I don't want to load in Windows XP just for this game.
The whole point was to get some good games for GNU/Linux.
This site reads well, but ...
Not that I ever contribute anything. I couldn't program my butt out of the swimming pool.
I'll check back later to and see if things have improved. And I am sure they will.
Thanks for the replies.

Have you got the NVIDIA Linux drivers set up correctly? Run this in a terminak:

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glxinfo | grep direct


It should say "direct rendering: Yes". If it says no, the NVIDIA driver is not correctly setup. Works fine for many thousands of people under Linux, often quicker than under Windows.

Hi Ed,
That's interesting.

I received a "no" answer.

Now I have to ask if you could detail my next steps to correct this "no" to a "yes".

Thanks
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Hold it Ed ! A UFO flew over and pointed a greenish light at my head and stole my brain.
He is gone now and after regaining my brain, I remembered how to get the Nvidia driver activated.
The game works very well now, and I can't thank you enough for taking the time to answer and solve my problem.

You will have to install the closed source drivers for your graphic card.. I'm not totally sure how to do that on ubuntu but on debian its like:
apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source
module-assistant auto-install nvidia-kernel
apt-get install nvidia-glx
then changing your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use driver nvidia instead of nv and restart x..