AMD applies make-up to the face of its Linux Control Centre (the Inquirer)

AMD applies make-up to the face of its Linux Control Centre (the Inquirer)

Posted Jul 3, 2007 8:42 UTC (Tue) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263)
In reply to: AMD applies make-up to the face of its Linux Control Centre (the Inquirer) by drag
Parent article: AMD applies make-up to the face of its Linux Control Centre (the Inquirer)

If you look at the Beryl Manager "Advanced Beryl options" settings, you can either use AIGLX, XGL or nVidia.

Now, I have no idea what it is that "nVidia" does, you can still run a nVidia card when setting it to "Force AIGLX", this makes the graphics 2-3 times slower (on my hw), but you avoid the black windows. The 2-3 times slower graphics is tolerable without some of the prettier effects like blur and reflection.

Maybe "nVidia" is just another way of driving AIGLX, but it sure is faster on nVidia hardware. I have no idea if it's more "direct", or if it's better, I just know that "Force AIGLX" is very slow on nVidia's hardware.

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