Chris G 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?
Aside from the 3D and fonts issues the nvidia driver (as opposed to
nv) doesn't exhibit a particularly annoying bug with hardware
cursor support that the nv one does[1]. I've also noticed on this
FC6, non-compiz, system that Firefox rendering of sites like
www.gmap-pedometer.com is much faster with the nvidia driver
(or, that it is close to unusable with the nv driver).
[1] You can use a software cursor but this has its own problems.
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imalone
