KDE4.1 == bad for games?

[ProbablyX]

Hello!

I installed KDE 4.1 earlier today from the repo listed at Kubuntu's homepage.

It's working fine and all, but when I try to play Enemy Territory: Quake Wars the game gets all choppy!
I've checked the ping and it isnt lag, the FPS is "normal" but the game is choppy!

I logged into KDE3 and tried just now and the game runs smooth... Is anyone else experiencing this?

[atomkarinca]

Maybe it's the built-in composite manager. You can try turning it off (I don't know how, though).

[unimatrix]

I've noticed this too. Maybe it's just the NVidia card.

Anyway, I think this is fixed in Ubuntu 8.10

[jayson.rowe]

As atomkarinca said, I'd bet it's the Kwin compositing that's causing the problem. Try disabling the Desktop Effects and see if your games play smoothly under KDE 4.

[awakatanka]

I find this plasmoid very usefull when i want to play games. http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Toggle-Compositing?content=78299

In intrepid its in the repo don't know if it's the same for hardy