Semi-OT: Nvidia Binary performance under load

[dragoran]

On 6/26/07, Brian C. Huffman <bhuffman at graze.net> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I posted this to the users list, but didn't get much response and I've
> been involved in testing of development code, so I figured I'd post here.
>
> I have a Toshiba Tecra A6 laptop with 1Gig of memory and according to the
> Xorg output, an NVidia Quadro NVS 110M:
>
> (II)NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU Quadro NVS 110M (G72GL) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.72.22.54.17
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
>
> With desktop effects enabled using the latest Nvidia binary driver (and
> the latest F7 updates), I get poor performance under load. For example, when
> Firefox is starting a decent-sized java applet, or when I'm starting a
> VMWare workstation, I get jerky mouse movement, and pauses on typing /
> moving windows.
>
> Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround? Please let me know if
> there's anything additional I can provide to help troubleshoot.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian


try coping the attached script  to /usr/local/bin (and restart X after doing
so)
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