[arch-general] Latest NVIDIA en kernel update

[David C. Rankin]

On 04/23/2010 02:19 AM, Robert Howard wrote:
> Works fine here. KDE4.4+Compiz with a pair of GTX 295's. Can't tell any
> difference between new and old.
> 
> On Apr 23, 2010 2:32 AM, "Manne Merak" <mannemerak at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I see there are some discussions going on the nvidia, KDE and arch forums
> about the performance of KDE 4.4 and latest nvidia driver, no results yet as
> I can see.
> My current setup with 190.53 works fast and snappy (no special xorg param);
> but updating to anything later drops performance by a factor, so I resisted
> upgrading nvidia.  Now with the latest kernel update I cannot keep the
> 190.53 driver.
> Anyone have a solution for performance tweaking the latest KDE and nvidia
> combo?  (I dont want to get too out of sync with the updates).
> 
> Manne
> 

New install kde 4.4 and latest nvidia driver w/nvidia 8600 card. I can
definitely tell that performance has tanked. Compiz cube is much more sluggish
than it ever has been. I haven't had time to dive into it, but you're not
dreaming if you think it is slower. I haven't tried on the box with 8800 in it
yet, but I expect similar results.

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