Re: Computer not running at highest possible speed
Hi,
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:26:36 -0700, Paul Johnson
<baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> wrote:
> Jule Slootbeek <jslootbeek@clarku.edu> writes:
>
> > When I play games the graphics are slow, and I usually have to turn
> > down a lot of options, for example, when i play Battle for Wesnoth,
> > during the automated sequences the scrolling is not smooth, and
> > waiting for my turn takes forever.
>
> Sounds like OpenGL or your X server isn't properly set up.
>
> > Pentium 4 1Ghz (Dell Dimension 8200) 512 MB RAM nVidia GeForce4 MX 420
>
> Yeah, you need to go get nVidia's proprietary kernel module and X
> driver if you haven't yet. nVidia is being quite bogus about this
> issue and refuses to cooperate with the OSS community by licensing
> their software in a reasonable and fair manner, so don't expect the
> driver situation to improve much until you get a non nVidia card.
Which vendor would you choose then? I haven't heard of any vendors
that cooperate with the OSS community (and yes that includes ATI)
greets,
Wim
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