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#1 2008-08-05 16:26:16

Valheru
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Registered: 2005-02-06
Posts: 49

Is it just me, or is the new NVIDIA driver way faster (KDE4.1)?

Just installed the new NVIDIA driver via pacman. I had turned the compiz effects off since they made my desktop so slow, which was frustrating since I have an Opteron 180 with a GeForce 9800GTX and 4GB of RAM. But I turned on the effects to see if it had gotten any better, and I noticed no slowdown at all!

I have turned VSync off in KDE system settings (in the desktop widget->advanced button), and I have Texture Filter set to Trilinear . These are my xorg.conf settings:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 9800 GTX"
    Option         "Coolbits" "integer"
    Option         "PixmapCacheSize" "200000"
    Option         "CursorShadow" "True"
    Option         "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Native"
    Option         "AllowIndirectPixmaps" "True"
    Option         "BackingStore" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1"
    Option         "TVStandard" "PAL-G"
    Option         "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
    Option         "metamodes" "TV: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

I also have the following line in my $HOME/.xinit:

nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 -a GlyphCache=1

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#2 2008-08-06 04:05:39

Slammer64
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From: Ozark Mountains of Missouri
Registered: 2007-07-28
Posts: 113

Re: Is it just me, or is the new NVIDIA driver way faster (KDE4.1)?

I have a similiar setup and yes, it is much faster and smoother for me. AMD64 FX6400+ 4 Gig Ram nVidia 8800GT OC from BFG. But I also have compositing turned off, it interferes with a few of my favorite games.


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#3 2008-08-06 04:11:07

ozar
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From: USA
Registered: 2005-02-18
Posts: 1,686

Re: Is it just me, or is the new NVIDIA driver way faster (KDE4.1)?

seems better here, too, but I've not had much time to test it yet.


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#4 2008-08-06 08:16:17

orion
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From: near Hamburg / Germany
Registered: 2008-08-01
Posts: 19

Re: Is it just me, or is the new NVIDIA driver way faster (KDE4.1)?

yip, seems better here, too with intel core 2 duo and 8600 GT.

I feel that kde 4.1 effects performance is boosted too, but its still too slow. Compiz Effects work fine for me.

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#5 2008-08-06 09:00:53

Pierre
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From: Bonn
Registered: 2004-07-05
Posts: 1,964
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Re: Is it just me, or is the new NVIDIA driver way faster (KDE4.1)?

Slow as before with my 7800GT. Maybe Geforce 7 are no longer supported by nvidia?

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#6 2008-08-06 11:15:44

connexion2000
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Registered: 2006-10-15
Posts: 116

Re: Is it just me, or is the new NVIDIA driver way faster (KDE4.1)?

Please tell me, do you notice slowdown when using Folder View plasmoid?

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#7 2008-08-06 14:45:25

orion
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From: near Hamburg / Germany
Registered: 2008-08-01
Posts: 19

Re: Is it just me, or is the new NVIDIA driver way faster (KDE4.1)?

yes, exactly there i get slowdowns. but the slowdowns are faster now oO

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