On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 01:03:38PM -0800, Brian R. Whitecotton wrote: > IMHO I don't see the point in having a GeForce 7300 GT unless you are at > least enabling its power/capabilities. The 2D nv driver is fine but the > nvidia driver is better. Sure you have to either compile from sources > yourself or run the nvidia sh downloadable install but no more hassle than > that. I recently went dual head using a dual DVI AGP 8x XFX GeForce 6800 > Xtreme (didn't want to upgrade all hardware) with blah,blah,blah and when I > installed the 3D, glxgears reports 10,890 FPS! Can't complain. The 2D is > lightning fast. You can always try the 3D install and if you do not like it > simply change a few lines in your xorg.conf file and you are back in 2D and > no worse for the wear. > > I am afraid that the clear image you seek will be more a function of the > quality of your display unit (CRT?, FPD?) rather than your video adapter or > its configuration under xorg. For clarity you want highest resolution, > lowest dot pitch, excellent contrast ratio and good brightness.
That's why its a 21" CRT flat screen drafting monitor :-) What is 3D used for other than games? When I get to watching videos, does the nv driver access the hardware decoder? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
