Video memory

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 06:43 -0500, Zach wrote: 
> I've been experimenting w/ Ubuntu 11.4 beta (2) and was wondering
> just how much video card memory is required in order for everything to
> run smooth.  I currently have an nVidia 9500GT with one gig of video RAM
> and while it does great in "classic" Ubuntu mode w/o effects turned on,
> the same can't be said when the effects are on or in the Unity desktop
> (which I'm not thrilled with anyway but that's another thread for
> another time).  Now granted the 9500GT isn't top of the line but I would
> think I could run a 3-D app/game without the choppy display when using
> Compiz in the background in classic or Unity mode.  Does this behavior
> clear up with cards having more RAM and/or faster chips?  Been thinking
> about getting a new video card anyway but would like to know where to
> start as far as what the video processor speed and RAM threshold is.
> Thanks for any advice.

I think it has more to do with Compiz than it does your video card. At
any rate, on all of the 3D apps that I use, every one has the caveat to
turn off Compiz in their HOWTO's. Sorry to report, so far that is the
way to make them work in my case, as I think Compiz is the shiznit! I
LIKE the eye-candy too! 

The only reason I run KDE is that I like being able to move my mouse
pointer to the edge of the screen, up, down, left or right, and move
into the next workspace, without clicking on some #$%^& workspace icon.
Why Gnome doesn't have that, without enabling Compiz, is beyond me. 
:) Ric



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