Nvidia's Poor 2D performance. Was: Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-08-11 Thread Nick Lidakis
Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/11/08 01:01, Nick Lidakis wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/12/08 02:00, Nick Lidakis wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: The "inner" scroll region? No sluggishness or slowdown. Noticeable CPU usage by /usr/bin/X11/X when I rapidly jerk the scroll bar up and down, but that's n

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-08-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/11/08 01:01, Nick Lidakis wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/12/08 02:00, Nick Lidakis wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: The "inner" scroll region? No sluggishness or slowdown. Noticeable CPU usage by /usr/bin/X11/X when I rapidly jerk the scroll bar up and down, but that's normal.

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-08-10 Thread Nick Lidakis
Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/12/08 02:00, Nick Lidakis wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: The "inner" scroll region? No sluggishness or slowdown. Noticeable CPU usage by /usr/bin/X11/X when I rapidly jerk the scroll bar up and down, but that's normal.

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
Florian Kulzer wrote: > You can use a userContent style sheet to do that. Add this line * { background-image: none ! important; } to the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/.default/chrome/userContent.css Thanks for that. It seemd to have mostly fixed the sluggishness on the page (http://www.

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-16 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 21:08:43 -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > John Hasler wrote: >> Brian writes: >>> I would argue that this is a problem with Firefox, not whatever video >>> driver you're using. I've noticed that fixed background images really >>> cause Firefox to choke, especially with smooth sc

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-15 Thread John Hasler
Brian writes: > I would argue that this is a problem with Firefox, not whatever video > driver you're using. I've noticed that fixed background images really > cause Firefox to choke, especially with smooth scrolling enabled I wrote: > That would explain why it works fine for me. I use smooth scr

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-15 Thread Nick Lidakis
Ron Johnson wrote: > A y2k-vintage Gateway VX1120 (Hitachi Diamondtron flat-screen CRT) at 1280x1024 with GNOME & Metacity. (I see no reason to waste resources on eye candy.) Would you mind posting your xorg.conf? I have tried EXA and XAA options to no avail. My desktop is a minimal Openbox a

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-15 Thread Nick Lidakis
John Hasler wrote: Brian writes: I would argue that this is a problem with Firefox, not whatever video driver you're using. I've noticed that fixed background images really cause Firefox to choke, especially with smooth scrolling enabled That would explain why it works fine for me. I use smoo

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:43:06 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 15:55 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > Thanks Brian, but I think I am gonna get myself an Nvidia-based > > card :) > > I'd hold off on that if I

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 15:55 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > Thanks Brian, but I think I am gonna get myself an Nvidia-based card :) I'd hold off on that if I were you. ATI has recently opened their specs and progress on those drivers is happening rapidly. The same cannot be said for nVidia.

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread John Hasler
Brian writes: > I would argue that this is a problem with Firefox, not whatever video > driver you're using. I've noticed that fixed background images really > cause Firefox to choke, especially with smooth scrolling enabled That would explain why it works fine for me. I use smooth scrolling but

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Brian Marshall
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:42:43 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/12/08 08:38, Brian Marshall wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:42:11 -0400 > > Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:53:45 -0400 > >> Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/12/08 08:38, Brian Marshall wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:42:11 -0400 > Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:53:45 -0400 >> Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Frank McCormick wrote: >>> Humm

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Brian Marshall
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:42:11 -0400 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:53:45 -0400 > Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > > > > > Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the > > > shame site does tend to

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/12/08 06:42, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:53:45 -0400 > Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Frank McCormick wrote: > >>> Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the shame >>> site does tend to dri

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/12/08 02:00, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> The "inner" scroll region? No sluggishness or slowdown. Noticeable >> CPU usage by /usr/bin/X11/X when I rapidly jerk the scroll bar up >> and down, but that's normal. >> >>>

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:53:45 -0400 Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > > Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the shame > > site does tend to drive up the cpu needle. > > Would you (or any

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
H.S. wrote: . Slows mine too. Mozzila Iceape browser 1.1.9-5, Debian Testing, 1.9 GHz Pentium, 1.25 G RAM and using Nvidia driver from Unstable repositories of Debian. I'm running unstable as well with its current driver: 173.14.09 I'm running one DVI panel (IBM L200P) at its native 1600x12

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
Ron Johnson wrote: The "inner" scroll region? No sluggishness or slowdown. Noticeable CPU usage by /usr/bin/X11/X when I rapidly jerk the scroll bar up and down, but that's normal. Are ya using the NV or Nvidia driver? Sorry. The

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Arthur A
Bob Cox wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 22:53:45 -0400, Nick Lidakis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Frank McCormick wrote: Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the shame site does tend to drive up the cpu needle. Would you (or anyone else, especially if you're using and Inte

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-12 Thread Bob Cox
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 22:53:45 -0400, Nick Lidakis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: > >> >> Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the shame site >> does tend to drive up the cpu needle. > > Would you (or anyone else, especially if you're using and Intel

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread H.S.
Nick Lidakis wrote: Frank McCormick wrote: Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the shame site does tend to drive up the cpu needle. Would you (or anyone else, especially if you're using and Intel or NVIDIA driver) mind trying this site? http://www.tempus-vivit.net

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/11/08 23:08, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> >> I went to that page, but all I saw was a relatively simple web forum. >> >> NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE >> Iceweasel 3.0-rc2 >> > > What about scrolling through the posts? And sluggishnes

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread Nick Lidakis
Ron Johnson wrote: I went to that page, but all I saw was a relatively simple web forum. NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE Iceweasel 3.0-rc2 What about scrolling through the posts? And sluggishness? Are ya using the NV or Nvidia driver? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/11/08 21:53, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: > >> >> Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the shame >> site >> does tend to drive up the cpu needle. > > Would you (or anyone else, especially if you're using a

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread John Hasler
Nick Lidakis writes: > Would you (or anyone else, especially if you're using and Intel or NVIDIA > driver) mind trying this site? > http://www.tempus-vivit.net/taverne/thema/935 Works fine here. Athlon 64, Geforce 6800. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread Nick Lidakis
Frank McCormick wrote: Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the shame site does tend to drive up the cpu needle. Would you (or anyone else, especially if you're using and Intel or NVIDIA driver) mind trying this site? http://www.tempus-vivit.net/taverne/thema/935 Thi

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:50:42 -0400 Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: > > > Thanks Brian, but I think I am gonna get myself an Nvidia-based > > card :) > > The NVIDIA card might not be any better. I have issues, with

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread Nick Lidakis
Frank McCormick wrote: Thanks Brian, but I think I am gonna get myself an Nvidia-based card :) The NVIDIA card might not be any better. I have issues, with the proprietary drivers, with slow scrolling using either a Quadro NVS 285 or a GTX 7800 on a 1600x1200 DVI panel. The open source dri

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:45:45 -0400 Brian McKee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> A couple of months ago someone here > >> suggested I add "AccelMethod EXA" to my device

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-07-11 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:26:50 -0400 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am running Sid on a dual-core 2.6 GHZ Pentium and I'm using the > on-board video. My MB is an Intel DB865GBF. My monitor is a newer LDG > LCD. > > Lately, it seems