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On Sat, 26 May 2007 21:29:52 +0100 |
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Simon Cooper <thecoop@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> As a side point, would it be possible to run an accelerated X client |
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> with the nvidia drivers? eg, have a standard X server, and the X |
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> client uses the nvidia drivers - would that result in a hardware |
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> accelerated session (given a fast enough network)? |
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No, the hardware acceleration has to be on the X Server (the display) |
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side. But the client side can take advantage of the server's hardware |
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acceleration, even if the client doesn't have hardware of its own. The |
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X-over-SSH2 link from my earlier email talks about running TuxRacer on |
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a host w/out hardware acceleration, displayed over a network on a X |
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Server that did have acceleration. There is a very noticeable |
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framerate drop due to the network & compression/decompression & |
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encryption/decryption overhead, but in the TuxRace example he does call |
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it "playable". I dunno that I'd agree w/ that, unless you have both a |
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really fast network & really fast processors on both the client & |
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server. |
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Conway S. Smith |
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