Memory leaks in Ubuntu?

[Stephen]

Nvidia liked it so much they started just making it a default
technology. in the 7xxx series (they had specific turbocache cards in
the 6xxx if anyone wants to see on i can bring it to a meeting or take
pictures so you may all view the freakshow)

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Michael Butash<michael at butash.net> wrote:
> No, I mean the Nvidia proprietary drivers from their site, currently
> 185.18.14, 64-bit.  The card is a 7950GTX, 512mb I think.
>
> I haven't used the default NV drivers in ages, as I tend to rely on the
> acceleration too much.  I haven't tried Nouveau, though from what I read
> it's something of a basketcase still.
>
> I'm looking at the turbocache as Stephen recommended, though I'm not
> certain it's actually grabbing system memory.  From what (I thought) I
> understood about TC, that's not applicable to non-integrated chipsets,
> where IC's use system memory to compensate for lack on the gpu, and non
> uses turbocache for extended memory on the board after a point (for
> cards with massive memory, 768/1024mb).  I'll look though, it's
> something I hadn't considered or run into as a potential as of yet.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 16:01 +0000, nadimhoque at gmail.com wrote:
>> When you say nvidia proprietary drivers do you mean the one ubuntu gives or the one on the website. If you used the ubuntu given one uninstall that and install the one straight from the website. If you don't mind me asking what video cards do you have?
>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>

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Stephen