From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PBbx1-0002mR-5x for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:32:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A3983E0B8B; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:31:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.pcorp.com.au (mail2.pcorp.com.au [150.101.72.19]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AEC5E0B8B for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:31:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.pcorp.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9956110751A0 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:01:56 +0930 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail2.pcorp.com.au Received: from mail2.pcorp.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail2.pcorp.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1o97EArH7scp; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:01:55 +0930 (CST) Received: from [172.16.0.52] (unknown [172.16.0.52]) by mail2.pcorp.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9A79D107519F for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:01:55 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <4CBD4C85.2010500@gmail.com> <4CC615FC.1040603@gmail.com> <1288058698.8318.32.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:00:01 +0930 Message-ID: <1288308601.17124.11.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 150a0b41-d13a-4d01-bdf9-b3f533d15a43 X-Archives-Hash: 2a846911c61d1345942c6bc66f97ead4 On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 10:24 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > I'm having issues with the latest mix of nvidia-drivers, xorg, and > > whatever else it might be! > > > > I'm getting bad performance when switching virtual dekstops and moving > > windows and such. GL screensavers seem to be ok though. > > Same here. My fast desktop with Core i7 920, Nvidia GX 240, has a > slower KDE UI than my 6-year-old laptop that has AMD Athlon 3200+ and > ATI Radeon Mobility 9700. Simply opening a konsole window on my > desktop with compositing enabled can take 2-3 seconds, when it is > instant on the laptop. the difference being that for me, it wasn't always like this. I used to have a REALLY fast snappy UI, now it's a bit sluggish, so I assume it's a version of some package, not just all nvidia drivers for this chip... -- Iain Buchanan He who hates vices hates mankind.