HelloJohn wrote:
I have just installed nvidia geforce mx 4000 graphics card. Installation appeared to go ok using the md10 driver and kernel source.I am using the opengl screensavers however and they are now moving frame by frame instead of flowing as before. Is 128mb of ram not enough or are there other settings to change? I used the mandrake drivers as it was easier for "newbie" me than installing driver from nvidia.com. Thanks in advance for help.
The driver Mandrake provides is the vanilla XFree86 one, which does not support hardware acceleration - that's why everything is slow. You really need to get the nvidia driver. It's not that hard to install - see recent posts on this list.
The amount of RAM on your machine doesn't affect video acceleration, since the card uses its onboard RAM. I'd still advise getting a bit more RAM eventually, though, as it's always a good thing. 512MB is plenty for anything short of advanced video work - I have 512MB and have hardly ever used swap space.
Sir Robin
thanks for the quick responses. I have one question regarding the kernel sources. I installed the stripped down version earlier and tried the nvidia driver but it could not compile or could not find the necessary headers. Is the full source version necessary or do I have to specify a location somewhere?
Thanks
John
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