Linked by Guillaume Maillard on Thu 10th Oct 2002 05:44 UTC
Being a BeOS user (a purely desktop system) and because I code under Linux, I see XFree86 (v4.1 on my machine) as a user and as a developper. And this is where the problem lies. My Gnome or KDE desktops are slow in comparison with other operating systems, but XFree86, the 'engine' behind these desktops, proves me that it's not. Let's look at what I have in front of me: a dual Pentium III at 933Mhz with 512MB of memory, a Radeon 32 AIW, a modified Mandrake 8.0 powered by kernel 2.4.18.
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So.. if a geforce4 with nvidia's own drivers are the issue. Would you say that possibly the issue couldnt still be with XP. Especially since that combination of hardware/software seems to be at the top of the food chain on any other system? Or what card would you suggest? I do have several voodoo2/3's laying around if you are intrested in buying any. =)
Ok I admit it.. I hate XP.