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#1 2007-12-19 00:09:33

Joffer
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Registered: 2006-01-12
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Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

I've finally got nvidia-beta driver up and running from AUR (see my post here). I upgraded from 6600GT to 8800GT. Even though, I find compiz to be a bit slow and not very responsive. It's choppy and strange. Wobbly windows works fine, but minimize or resizing a window is a drag, like it's gives me one or two fps. Even my G33 onboard VGA at work (ubuntu) is much more responsive and fast. I was using the latest stabel nvidia driver with my 6600GT btw, but had to go with nvidia-beta from aur with my new card. What can I tune/fix/look for?

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#2 2007-12-19 14:06:53

T-u-N-i-X
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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

same here with nVidia GeForce 8400M GS... i use it the nvidia driver in testing


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#3 2008-02-21 23:05:57

ManOnONeWheel
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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

Same here with an 8600GT. It just the windows animations that look really bad and the alt-tab switching is jumpy as well.

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#4 2008-02-22 02:51:39

iBertus
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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

I'm using an 8800GT and find the speed acceptable -- not great. Make sure you run compiz with loose bindings for best speed with any nvidia card. I really hope the compiz (or nvidia) devs put some effort into getting a high-end card to perform like it should with compiz.

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#5 2008-05-30 21:55:55

solarwind
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From: Toronto
Registered: 2008-03-18
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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

Same problem here. Seems that all 8000 series users are having this issue. Also, resizing windows lags.

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#6 2008-05-31 02:11:14

ToastedToad
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From: Sequim, WA
Registered: 2006-03-08
Posts: 79

Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

solarwind wrote:

Same problem here. Seems that all 8000 series users are having this issue. Also, resizing windows lags.

You may be right because I have no problems on my 7950GT's in SLI.

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#7 2008-06-01 02:28:57

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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

For those with 8000 series cards, try this in modprobe.conf:

# options to make nVidia card run at max perf/power when connected to AC
# Use "...=0x2222" for max power all the time
# Use "...=0x3322" for max power when on AC but not batteries
options nvidia NVreg_RegistryDwords="PerfLevelSrc=0x3322"

It helps alot AND helps with switching tabs in Firefox.


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#8 2008-06-08 03:00:33

solarwind
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From: Toronto
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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

mrunion wrote:

For those with 8000 series cards, try this in modprobe.conf:

# options to make nVidia card run at max perf/power when connected to AC
# Use "...=0x2222" for max power all the time
# Use "...=0x3322" for max power when on AC but not batteries
options nvidia NVreg_RegistryDwords="PerfLevelSrc=0x3322"

It helps alot AND helps with switching tabs in Firefox.

That's for powermizer. That doesn't work for me. Also, I'm using a desktop...

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#9 2008-06-09 22:02:38

maddog39
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From: Philadelphia, PA
Registered: 2007-06-03
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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

I also had this issue and I've got an 8500GT. But messing around with my settings I found that if I went Icon > Compiz Options > Loose Binding that the problem was solved entirely.

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#10 2008-06-11 10:55:05

Rokixz
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From: Šiauliai, Lithuania
Registered: 2007-04-21
Posts: 251
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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

Try to add:

# nvidia-xconfig --composite --add-argb-glx-visuals

Last edited by Rokixz (2008-06-11 11:02:18)


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#11 2008-06-12 03:41:48

varl
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Registered: 2007-06-07
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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

I got this little handy command on this forum:

nvidia-settings -l -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 &

Works like a charm.

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#12 2008-06-12 07:30:23

ekerazha
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Registered: 2007-02-27
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Re: Compiz slow on Nvidia 6600GT/8800GT

Rokixz wrote:

Try to add:

# nvidia-xconfig --composite --add-argb-glx-visuals

--add-argb-glx-visuals

is enabled by default with the last driver versions, you only need --composite.

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