Which provides better performance?

flammenwurfer · 2009-02-04 19:37:10

I have a ATI HD3200 video built-in to my motherboard. I also have an old Nvidia 6600 GT 128 MB videocard. Which will give me better performance?

I have the desktop effects enabled in KDE 4.2 and I also like to play the occasional 3D game.

Draje · 2009-02-05 05:30:24

Go with the nvidia. ATI's current Linux driver is extremely slow with compositing. My ATI 4850 is slower with compositing than my Nvidia 7600GS.

MoonSwan · 2009-02-05 23:37:15

For desktop use with compositing i'd agree with Draje. For games, you can easily enough benchmark each card and see which is best. If you go this route I strongly recommend using a lighter weight wm just when you play games. I know my own comp went up 40fps or so when playing nexuiz under fluxbox as opposed to KDE 3.5.x.

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