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Dustin2128
May 31st, 2011, 03:23 AM
Just a curiosity question. I've got an old computer that I'm upgrading to something respectable, and I'm wondering what the minimum requirements are to run compiz smoothly (dedicated card). The oldest hardware I remember running it on was a Ti 4800 128Mb, and the performance was excellent. Basically what I'm asking is this: should I get a 6$ GeForce 4 MX 440 or 12$ for a GeForce 3 Ti 200? The old card is a voodoo 3, and I'm kinda skeptical about its ability to run compiz :D. In case you're wondering, the Ti is a generation ahead of the MX series GeForce 4's, and the only other card I have lying around the house with an AGP interface is a rage 128.
EDIT: Both the Ti200 and the MX440 had 64Mb of ram.

Quadunit404
May 31st, 2011, 03:48 AM
I know that Compiz runs decently on a nVIDIA GeForce 9100, as long as you don't use any 0MG SOOP4HR 0V4R 9000 1337 effects.

screaminj3sus
May 31st, 2011, 03:56 AM
I was dicking around on one of my old pc's earlier and installed mint 11 on it. Specs are: 2ghz AMD athlon single core, 1gb ddr1, integrated ati x200. Compiz and everything worked fine. Not as old as your machine though.

IMO a pc that old isn't even worth upgrading lol. You could buy the cheapest new machine and it would be magnitudes faster.

Dustin2128
May 31st, 2011, 04:08 AM
AGP bus and I think 10$ on a video card is cheaper than a new machine. It's not really going to be used for that much more than that which its specs can handle.

Dustin2128
May 31st, 2011, 04:18 PM
Bump. Anyone know?

NormanFLinux
May 31st, 2011, 04:37 PM
It runs Unity 2D on non-accelerated cards. So we know that a compiz plugin works on even computers with weak cards.

Dustin2128
May 31st, 2011, 04:44 PM
It runs Unity 2D on non-accelerated cards. So we know that a compiz plugin works on even computers with weak cards.
I think I'll just go with the GeForce Ti4200 I'm looking at, Same model ran well enough without loose binding turned on on my old computer.