It could be a couple of things... To get a "near perfect" Compiz experience, I have to do some tweaks on my Ubuntu 11.04 desktop PC:
- Use the nvidia-current driver from X-Updates PPA (usually, the in-house one gets dated) - Tweak xorg.conf for things like triple-buffering, set PowerMizer to Maximum Performance (and overclocking, but that's just me). - Set Sync to VBlank on some options on Nvidia Settings Control Panel - Disable the "ondemand" CPU governor in favor of "performance" I got used to Compiz because with it, screen tearing is almost negligible. The above tweaks can help with VDPAU too. On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Michael Tinsay <[email protected]> wrote: > Which actually makes Gary's problem sound kinda weird considering that the > card he's having a problem with is NVIDIA-based. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Christopher Baluyut <[email protected]> > > *To:* Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 7, 2011 8:44 PM > *Subject:* Re: [plug] vidcard recommendations for ubuntu > > Nvidia VCs are generally considered better on Linux, especially in terms of > 3D performance & the presence of a better GPU video off-loading API > (VDPAU). > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Nikki Erwin C. Ramirez < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sep 7, 2011 8:09 PM, "Gabriel H. Mercado" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My problem is if someone recommends an ATI card for example, and I buy > > one and it doesn't improve things, I hope the PC store I buy it from > > honors their return policy allowing me to replace it. Which I can 100% > > avoid just by asking the experts here what they use. > You should be safe with either ATI or NVIDIA, right? Both of them have > official drivers. > I've successfully run StarCraft 2 on mid-range laptops (for 2010) with > mid-range ATI and NVIDIA video cards, and my playing experience was quite > good at Medium to High (mostly medium) video settings. > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > -- > "Linux is to Computing what Freedom is to Mankind. And Then There's > Microsoft". > > ----- Helios > > Linux User 364495 > http://counter.li.org > > twitter.com/wakizaki > Christopher Baluyut on Google+ > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- "Linux is to Computing what Freedom is to Mankind. And Then There's Microsoft". ----- Helios Linux User 364495 http://counter.li.org twitter.com/wakizaki Christopher Baluyut on Google+
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