Is the nvidia proprietary driver much faster (for me) than nv driver?

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 07 March 2008, dexter wrote:
>On Fri March 7 2008 12:36:04 Chris G wrote:
>> I run fedora 8 and have a "XFX GeForce 7300GS, 256Mb DDR-2 display
>> card".
>>
>> Will using the nvidia proprietary X driver be noticeably faster than
>> the 'standard' nv driver?  I don't play any games on my computer but I
>> do some graphical stuff, my main uses are:-
>>
>>     Web browsing using firefox
>>     Lots of command line terminal windows
>>     digikam photo album
>>     VMWare running Windows XP as a guest system
>>
>> I think the most likely area to be affected by better graphics drivers
>> is the VMWare (Workstation 6.0.2 if that's relevant).  Can anyone tell
>> me if I'll gain anything by moving to the nvidia drivers?
>>
>>
>> Chris Green
>
>The open drivers are an obfuscated POS.
>ALL nVidia folks go here www.opentheblob.com and sign-up
>
>...dex

I did, but do you, in your wildest dreams, think that 8 thousand signatures on 
an electronic petition they will never read are going to move the corporate 
honcho's to please us?  If we are the squeaky wheel, they will just put out 
more mousetraps cuz that is about the size of our squeak in comparison to 
their total sales.

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