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04-25-2008, 10:04 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Houston, TX
Vehicle: 1995 Acura Integra LS
Posts: 28
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Compiz?
Has anyone put Compiz/Fusion/Beryl on their carPCs yet? I'm curious to know how it went as that's what I'm planning on doing.
I like the whole idea of flipping the cube for each "function" of the computer (radio side, mp3 side, gps side, movie side, etc etc).
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04-26-2008, 11:39 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
Vehicle: 2000 VW Jetta VR6
Posts: 143
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if you have any modern graphics card, you can try it, otherwise not worth trying.
I have each function on separate screen, and switch screens with a hotkey, but with no special effects (on-board unichrome graphics is not powerful enough).
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04-29-2008, 09:31 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Houston, TX
Vehicle: 1995 Acura Integra LS
Posts: 28
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Quote: Originally Posted by dupa2  if you have any modern graphics card, you can try it, otherwise not worth trying.
Obviously.
Quote: Originally Posted by dupa2 I have each function on separate screen, and switch screens with a hotkey, but with no special effects (on-board unichrome graphics is not powerful enough).
Why no speacial effects? It would bump up the cool factor a few extra notches.
Do you know of anyone that's done this?
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04-29-2008, 05:13 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Clearfield Utah USA
Vehicle: 2008 Chevy Impala SS 5.3 V8
Posts: 332
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The problem with special effects is that it requires better drivers than via currently offers. via unichrome drivers have known bugs with opengl.
However, If you used an nvidia graphics card in your carpc, you could turn on all the effects you wanted.
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04-29-2008, 07:16 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Houston, TX
Vehicle: 1995 Acura Integra LS
Posts: 28
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Quote: Originally Posted by kev000 The problem with special effects is that it requires better drivers than via currently offers. via unichrome drivers have known bugs with opengl.
I've never heard of 'via' before just now.
Quote: Originally Posted by kev000 However, If you used an nvidia graphics card in your carpc, you could turn on all the effects you wanted.
Sweet deal! Just what I wanted to hear. I've had my eyes on an nVidia Geforce for a week now (went nVidia because they have better support on Linux than ATI has to offer).
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05-04-2008, 09:06 AM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 61
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I'm going to have compiz in my car when I finish my case and dash work, I'm using a micro-atx board with an integrated nvidia chip.
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05-04-2008, 11:34 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
Vehicle: 2000 VW Jetta VR6
Posts: 143
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yeah, by the way, what's that board, I forgot to ask you on last meet?
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Lilliput 8", Pharos i360, WUSB11v2.6 WiFi
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05-04-2008, 12:20 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 61
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its an evga nvidia 7150 based board, 2 2 gig sticks ram,an e8400 core2 duo, 60 gig sata hd connected externally via usb.
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