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Apparently, though unproven, at 01:28 on Wednesday 26 January 2011, Alex |
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Schuster did opine thusly: |
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> Alan McKinnon writes: |
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> > Using nvidia.ko, KDE with desktop effects enabled (especially translucent |
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> > popup thumbnails on the task bar, and blur effect on) makes my notebook |
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> > fan run all the time and kwin uses 20% cpu according to top. |
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> Does the blur effect do anything? With my ATI card, I did not notice a |
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> change when enabling it, other than the CPU going really high. |
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Yes, it has a visible effect. It's subtle so you have to look closely but it's |
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there. The config popup for the effect has a slider for degree of effect but I |
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didn't see that change much, as if the range from min to max was not wide |
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enough |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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