What graphics card would you use for large desktop real estate with many simultaneous apps under Ubuntu and Compiz?
I'm putting together a software development machine with 2 X 1920 X 1200 displays. I don't do any OpenGL development work, but I think that UI's over the next couple of years will use compositing engines and thus demand more from the graphics card than the current generation of desktop apps. I'll also be running Windows in a VM.
I'm thinking about a 7900 GS, GT, or GTX. However I have no idea what sort of memory demands my usage will place on the card. I know there was a problem with windows going black in Compiz due to poor memory usage in the nVidia driver, but I believe that has been fixed now.
I'm putting together a software development machine with 2 X 1920 X 1200 displays. I don't do any OpenGL development work, but I think that UI's over the next couple of years will use compositing engines and thus demand more from the graphics card than the current generation of desktop apps. I'll also be running Windows in a VM.
I'm thinking about a 7900 GS, GT, or GTX. However I have no idea what sort of memory demands my usage will place on the card. I know there was a problem with windows going black in Compiz due to poor memory usage in the nVidia driver, but I believe that has been fixed now.
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