Comment 6 for bug 13597

(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > sudo invoke-rc.d powernowd stop, or upgrade to a recent Hoary system.
>
> I don't have powernowd installed (removed it by apt-get) so it's not running. I
> am also using Hoary that's fully updated.
>
> I've changed depth bits from 24 to 16 and I've run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> as well and tried using the kernal framebuffer and disabling it.
>
> I've got two screenshots (one as 24bits and one as 16bits), both are just one
> window - which is the terminal, running top in maximised screen. Just updating
> the screen, as you can see take about 15-20% CPU resources to do so??
>
> This means my GUI is still stuttering slow. I'll ask again in forums if anyone
> else is having the same problem.

I have exactly the same problem. I am running a dual-opteron with 8Gb and a
Nvidia GForce 5900.