video card problems...

[srehrlich-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Scott Ehrlich)]

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Stephen Adler <adler-wRvlPVLobi1/31tCrMuHxg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi Blu,
>
> I upgraded to fedora 14 today and I'm run into a problem with my video
> card and vmware workstation. For some reason, the vmware workstation
> acts slow, as if its hanging up on a time out condition. As I move the
> vmware window around with a guest running in it, the display update is
> slow and seems to hang my whole display for several seconds while it
> adjusts to the window movement request or mouse focus.
>
> This occurs with the nvidia driver. When I use the nouveau driver,
> vmware works OK, but with my dual monitor set up, the 2nd monitor is not
> properly used.
>
> So I'm thinking maybe I should punt nvidia and try an ati card? Is there
> any ati card which one could recommend for use under fedora 14?
>
> Thanks. Steve.
>
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Could you try:

- Virtualbox

- VMware Player

See how they balance each other out?

I've seen VMPlayer be updated more regularly by VMWare than
Workstation, and Player now has the option to create VMs, and both
products are free.

Also, I presume you are using the NVidia driver from nvidia.com?
They seem to do a good job with RedHat-based distros.

Scott