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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