On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Jarrett Billingsley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Bill Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Jarrett Billingsley >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Bill Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The video card you have, and which drivers you are using for it, might >>>> be more relevant factors than the speed of your CPU. >>> >>> GeForce 8600 512MB, version 181.22 of the official drivers. >>> >> >> Sounds like that should be capable. If you're motivated enough you >> could try installing the 182.08 drivers to see if that fixes it. > > Ah, that fixed it! Good idea, I didn't consider it since I only just > updated my drivers a couple weeks ago. Figures.
I wasted a few hours last week trying to debug a mysterious performance problem. Finally I installed some new drivers out of frustration, and suddenly the performance problem was gone. So the experience was fresh on my mind. --bb
