Loadus wrote: > > Before starting a game, run nvidia-settings once. It will "initialize" the card with proper settings. I don't know why the driver from nvidia doesn't correctly "zap" the card at startup but the settings dialog does. > I ran nvidia-settings, then closed the window that popped up, and then run a game, but nothing changed. Do I need to run them all in order in a script file? Loadus wrote: > > Also, on my computer, shutting down desktop composition made all the difference (all games ran at half speed with desktop composition on) - this in Kubuntu 10.04 with a 260GTX card. > If by desktop composition you mean the compiz effects, I dont have them enabled.