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    The Kubuntu 8.10 Release Announcement links to a page that discusses if "KDE 4.1 is for you", which again mentions that KDE 4.1 graphics performance is or has been bad with nvidia cards with older drivers.

    It seems to discuss mostly drivers with versions < 177.67, and AFAICS, the driver now in 8.10 is 177.80.

    So, I was wondering if the graphics performance is an issue now with 8.10 as it is out of the box, or if that is not a concern anymore?

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    Re: KDE4 performance with nvidia fixed in 8.10?

    nvidia driver performace is still worse on Ubuntu 8.10

    so should be far more worse on Kubuntu 8.10

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    Re: KDE4 performance with nvidia fixed in 8.10?

    I also have problems with nvidia drivers in KDE 4.1.3. When I have it installed changing windows, windows tab, minimize, etc i much slower.

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    Re: KDE4 performance with nvidia fixed in 8.10?

    i can confirm horrible performance of nvidia in KDE 4.1
    i can sometimes see how parts of windows are redrawn o_O

    disabling desktop effects in "K / System Settings / Desktop / Desktop Effects" helps a bit but still not enough
    veni vidi voro

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    Re: KDE4 performance with nvidia fixed in 8.10?

    Can't say for sure because I am running 8.04 & KDE3.5 still but I have heard reports that things are running smoother with NVIDIA's latest Beta driver (180.08 I think)




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    Re: KDE4 performance with nvidia fixed in 8.10?

    Quote Originally Posted by element_G View Post
    Can't say for sure because I am running 8.04 & KDE3.5 still but I have heard reports that things are running smoother with NVIDIA's latest Beta driver (180.08 I think)
    If that's the case, I can return back to my Ubuntu installation with new drivers.

    Desktop experience is horrible under current nvidia drivers.

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    Re: KDE4 performance with nvidia fixed in 8.10?

    So, this is apparently a problem, so I was happy I didn't just upgrade without checking. But now, the 180.22 driver is declared stable. Do people have a better experience with that?

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    Re: KDE4 performance with nvidia fixed in 8.10?

    180.22 drivers performs better
    firefox scrolling is better

    havent checked with kde 4.1/4.2!

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