ITEC

[Leo Mauler]

--- Jon Pruente <jdpruente at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/28/07, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
> > I'm considering trying to scrounge up a 
> > 1.4Ghz or 1.5Ghz machine as the demo PC, 
> > since apparently Ubuntu's "Beryl" desktop 
> > runs comfortably at that speed.  It would 
> > be nice to be able to demonstrate a Linux 
> > desktop which offered more eye candy than
> > Vista on systems which won't run Vista.
> 
> More important than that would be to put a 
> capable video card in it, or use one with an 
> integrated chipset that is supported (and 
> capable).  I've run Beryl on P3 machines with 
> nVidia GF2 MX200 32MB cards and it was 
> tolerable, but not fast.  I've got a fast-ish 
> P4 with just a lowly GF4 MX440 and it's quite 
> acceptable, but still not fast.  The P4 is
> over 3x the clock speed the P3 ran at, but it 
> sure isn't 3x faster when using Beryl effects.
> I'd think anything P3 on up with a full power 
> (ie, non-MX series nVidia and non-RxxxV ATI)
> should handle Beryl fine.

Hmmm.  If the system requirement for Beryl is that
close to the system requirement for Aero, then that
might defeat the entire purpose of having Beryl at ITEC.


       
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