I really doubt that glxgears is an adequate benchmark program; frame rate largely differs depending on window size and it increases a lot when hidden behind xmms or so. Sure, you can at least tell whether an system has got accelarated drivers or it is just slow as shiznit for whatever reason (drivers or hardware). And I get 3200 with SuSE 9.0, Athlon 1.4, GeForce2 ti and nvidia drivers, not the latest version, came with SuSe online update. BTW, I get 12000 when in background and 450 in fullsceen mode 1024x768...

just my 2 Cents