performance sucks (at least mine does)

[Rusty]

I just built a new system, AthlonXP 1900, 512 MB PC2700 DDR RAM, an ATI Radeon
8500 64 MB graphics card. KDE seems to run OK, but I can't even play Tux
Racer...it runs slow and jerky. Anybody have experience with this card? I
thought it was supposed to be a good one, and I got a good price (why I chose
it over a GEforce). Anyone with clues? I'm also using the iWill XP333-R
motherboard. My ATA-133 HD is on the extra IDE controller.

Thanks for any input.

--- Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at opus1.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Marvin "GodfatherofSoul" Bellamy" [mailto:mbellamy at kc.rr.com]
> 
> > My home computer is terribly slow running KDE.  
> 
> What about your graphics hardware on the work vs. home machine?
> 
> Is there a similar difference if you run the window manager without the
> desktop environment (it's probably enlightenment, choose that as your
> desktop on startup).
> 
> How about RAM?  X is a RAM hog.
> 
> 

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