Would SLI speed-up Xinerama?

Jay Cotton Jay.Cotton at Sun.COM
Fri Sep 11 11:29:17 PDT 2009


Not likely to help much.  Try twinview.

On 09/11/09 11:19 AM, Sascha wrote:
> Hello List!
>
> I currently use a triple-head setup with 2 nvidia-cards:
>
> - onboard nvidia 7xxx 
> - pci-e nvidia 7xxx dual-head
> - Athlon X2 2.7GHz
> - 3 Screens at 1200x1600 (rotated. the rotation does not decrease the
> performance significantly)
> - Ubuntu Karmic, NVIDIA driver
>
> The performance (just 2D desktop performance, no 3D or compiz) is ok,
> but every time i use my Laptops (which are single-screen naturally) i
> wish my Desktop performance were that great.
> The Xinerama setup is just not that snappy.
> There is a small lag with everything. Menu's appearing, Moving Windows,
> general responsiveness.
>
> Would a SLI System (SLI board + 2 SLI cards i guess) improve this
> situation?
>
> Thanks for any replies,
> Sascha
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> xorg mailing list
> xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
>   




More information about the xorg mailing list