Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 16:26 +0200, Andreas Karlsson wrote: >> On topic: What however DO annoy me, speaking of Nvidia, is the delay in >> releaseing the new driver compatible with x.org 7.x. I'm tempted to go with >> the open source module for a while as I really don't use any heavy OpenGL >> applications (no games for me). Can anyone please give me some indication on >> the speed difference in 2d acceleration between the open and the closed >> drivers? > > First off, the NVIDIA drivers work on X.Org 7.0, just not on 7.1. > Second, the "nv" driver is abysmal, at best. I've found that the VESA > driver gives better performance, especially when watching video. The > performance advantages of the binary drivers aren't just in OpenGL > performance. > > Let me put it to you this way, the performance is *SO BAD* with the "nv" > driver that for 2006.1, we're replacing "nv" with "vesa" in our X > detection system, so we get fewer complaints.
On systems with accelerated fbdev, you'll probably get faster results from the fbdev driver than vesa. Thanks, Donnie
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