what kind of video card do you have??? memory? ________________________________ > From: cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:17:26 +0100 > Subject: Re: kde4 makes PC slowlier ??? > > > On Sunday 05 October 2008 19:24:46 Carl-Valentin Schmitt wrote: > >> I have a stink-normal AMD-32-bit System ... ( not 64-Bit ) > >> > >> I configurated KDE4 with all features of animations and so on in its > >> "control-center". > >> > >> result is, that PC is damn slowlier than in KDE3 - how comes that ??? > >> > >> when I change then from 1600x1200 to 1280x1024 mode, then it is quicker > >> again ... > >> > >> but this should not happen because graphic-card is the same ? > >> > > Val, it takes a very powerful computer to do all that, and frankly many of us don't have that kind of power yet. Here's what I'd suggest. > > Stick with 1280x1024. If you can afford to upgrade your graphic card it might pay you to do so, but read a lot first, as there are problems with some NVidia cards. > > Turn off ALL desktop effects at first, and get used to the speed that your system gives you, so that you know what you are comparing with. > > Assess the desktop effects for the advantage they can give you and make a list of the ones most likely to be useful. > > Add desktop effects one at a time so that you can note their effects and disable any that you find to be particularly resource-hungry. > > Hope that helps > > Anne _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/ ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.