Hello All,
I want to build a machine for work. I primarily use eclipse MySQL tools, etc. I use 2 high resolution monitors: 1920x1200 + 1600x1200. I am presently running a Quad Core CPU Phenom 2 940 with 8GB RAM and nVidia GTX 275. I am running the latest nVidia drivers and latest Ubuntu 64.
Despite a beefy specs, the system stalls when rendering or dragging windows. It's not too terrible, but I'm happy to pay money to make it go faster. What's the best way to make the 2D rendering performance snappier? I know my CPU is barely being utilized. This occurs both on Java, SWT (eclipse), and native applications.
My only requirement is that I need to drag windows between monitors, so I need something like xinerama.
Clearly the video game card didn't do much to make the windowing faster.
Here's a few things I noticed:
My mobo has 2 PCIE slots. I can buy 2 graphics cards, run crossfire, etc. I'm happy to plunk down some money on hardware. I just want to see results. Has anyone had any experience in accelerating 2D dual monitor performance? If so, how did you do it?
Thanks in advance,
Steven
I want to build a machine for work. I primarily use eclipse MySQL tools, etc. I use 2 high resolution monitors: 1920x1200 + 1600x1200. I am presently running a Quad Core CPU Phenom 2 940 with 8GB RAM and nVidia GTX 275. I am running the latest nVidia drivers and latest Ubuntu 64.
Despite a beefy specs, the system stalls when rendering or dragging windows. It's not too terrible, but I'm happy to pay money to make it go faster. What's the best way to make the 2D rendering performance snappier? I know my CPU is barely being utilized. This occurs both on Java, SWT (eclipse), and native applications.
My only requirement is that I need to drag windows between monitors, so I need something like xinerama.
Clearly the video game card didn't do much to make the windowing faster.
- Would having 2 graphics cards make it run faster?
- Will Ubuntu "just work" if I added a 2nd video card to a free PCIe slot (I have a crossfire-capable mobo)?
- Would AMD cards work any better?
- Would Crossfire or SLI help 2D dual monitor performance?
Here's a few things I noticed:
- I have a single Quadro NVS 250 powering 2 smaller monitors at work and it doesn't seem to be much faster.
- When I upgraded to GTX275, I noticed a massive video game performance increase (in Windows), but little difference in Linux window rendering.
- When I have the 1920x1200 monitor run alone, the windowing performance increases dramatically.
My mobo has 2 PCIE slots. I can buy 2 graphics cards, run crossfire, etc. I'm happy to plunk down some money on hardware. I just want to see results. Has anyone had any experience in accelerating 2D dual monitor performance? If so, how did you do it?
Thanks in advance,
Steven
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