-----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 the > proprietary drivers, with slow scrolling using either a Quadro NVS 285 > or a GTX 7800 on a 1600x1200 DVI panel. The open source driver is worse. > > With Firefox 2 or 3, scrolling on sites like Slashdot > (e.g.,:http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/26/1729252 and this > site seems very sluggish as well: > http://shame.tuxfamily.org/repo/?cat=1) can be very slow and peg my CPU > to %100. Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the shame site does tend to drive up the cpu needle. > > Supposedly, it's a known problem. Check out this thread at the official > Nvidia Linux forums: > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=114858 > > Borrowing a small laptop at work with Windows XP and an older Intel > integrated video card show no scrolling problems whatsoever. That 1000+ > Slashdot thread scrolls by super fast in FF 2 or 3. Woof. There's those evil letters again. > > If you still want to try the Nvidia card you can pick up a PCI-e or AGP > Quadro NVS (fanless and 15 watts max power consumption) on eBay for > about ten to twenty dollars. Make sure you get the right cable for it; > you need either the Y cable that has dual DVI or VGA. > > Here's one card that is selling with either: > http://cgi.ebay.com/NVIDIA-Quadro-NVS-285-Dual-Display-PCI-E-x16-Video-Card_W0QQitemZ160260145616QQihZ006QQcategoryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > Talk about service...a link to the card....I'll drop a bid on it and we'll see what happens. Thanks and cheers! - -- Frank -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh4Dm8ACgkQnQV1aTcQlJv+cgCglnDNopTgruijnVoMuL+QM5Bu pIcAnR4RobdRiBamK4bhmsLDUYT36VB4 =L9Vw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
