Without the proprietary driver, your computer will have a poor software based 3D. With the proprietary driver, even the "fonts" will look better. And you will be able to use your hardware acceleration to activate compiz (cube desktop and real translucid windows). But the virtual machine has a "virtual hardware" and it doesn't include your GeForce. There are some VMWare Workstation versions that can use 3D acceleration, but it's not as fast as it could be, and nether I know if Linux versions of Workstation has this feature. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Chris G <cl@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I run fedora 8 and have a "XFX GeForce 7300GS, 256Mb DDR-2 display > card". > > Will using the nvidia proprietary X driver be noticeably faster than > the 'standard' nv driver? I don't play any games on my computer but I > do some graphical stuff, my main uses are:- > > Web browsing using firefox > Lots of command line terminal windows > digikam photo album > VMWare running Windows XP as a guest system > > I think the most likely area to be affected by better graphics drivers > is the VMWare (Workstation 6.0.2 if that's relevant). Can anyone tell > me if I'll gain anything by moving to the nvidia drivers? > > -- > Chris Green > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
