Nvidia liked it so much they started just making it a default technology. in the 7xxx series (they had specific turbocache cards in the 6xxx if anyone wants to see on i can bring it to a meeting or take pictures so you may all view the freakshow)
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Michael Butash<mich...@butash.net> wrote: > No, I mean the Nvidia proprietary drivers from their site, currently > 185.18.14, 64-bit. The card is a 7950GTX, 512mb I think. > > I haven't used the default NV drivers in ages, as I tend to rely on the > acceleration too much. I haven't tried Nouveau, though from what I read > it's something of a basketcase still. > > I'm looking at the turbocache as Stephen recommended, though I'm not > certain it's actually grabbing system memory. From what (I thought) I > understood about TC, that's not applicable to non-integrated chipsets, > where IC's use system memory to compensate for lack on the gpu, and non > uses turbocache for extended memory on the board after a point (for > cards with massive memory, 768/1024mb). I'll look though, it's > something I hadn't considered or run into as a potential as of yet. > > -mb > > > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 16:01 +0000, nadimho...@gmail.com wrote: >> When you say nvidia proprietary drivers do you mean the one ubuntu gives or >> the one on the website. If you used the ubuntu given one uninstall that and >> install the one straight from the website. If you don't mind me asking what >> video cards do you have? >> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >> -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
