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On Samstag, 9. August 2008, Filipe Sousa wrote: |
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> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> > Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Volker already mentioned the driver problem. If you wonder *why* the |
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> > drivers are broken: |
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> > GeForce 8xxx and 9xxx series almost completely lack 2D acceleration |
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> > hardware. The 3D engine of the hardware must be used to render 2D stuff |
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> > (including video). NVidia has not really implemented this for their |
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> > Linux drivers yet. Right now, GeForce 5, 6 and 7 series is much faster |
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> > with 2D on linux than GeForce 8 and 9. |
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> I have one 8800gt and 7300 and the 7300 it's not faster than 8800. Using |
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> xrender is slow and the opengl render is not better. The ATI on my |
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> laptop isn't any better. |
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> Both kde 4 and qt 4 are terribly slow with graphics. |
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from the threads I posted it should be clear that kde4/qt4 are not the only |
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ones affected. gtk is slow too. So is firefox. On Intel integrated graphics, |
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qt4/kde4 is fast and fluid. That should give someone food for thought. |
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I bought an Ati because I was fed up - and while it is not perfect, it is so |
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much better that I am glad that I did the jump. Using xshm instead of xv for |
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video is a small price, for not having to wait several seconds until the |
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desktop reacts on a right mouse click or have krunner work as soon as it is |
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open. |
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Also the 7300 is a bad example - it is a very slow card. And the big 8 and 9 |
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cards hide some of the slowness because they are so powerfull that it makes up |
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for some of the shitty drivers. |
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The worst part - Nvidia knows about this for ages - and nothing happend. |
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