BFG-C2D Video Screenshot
What does your video card do when you’re not playing games?
My desktop.
Gentoo Linux 2.6.20-viper4
System:
- cpu: Intel Core 2 Duo 6600
- mobo: BFG nForce 680i SLI
- gpu: nvidia BFG 8800 GTS
- heatsink/fan: the tower has arrived
- psu: BFG 600W ATX Power Supply
- case: Antec Super LanBoy
- storage: 3x Seagate 160gb sataII
- ram: PNY Verto Gamer Memory
- (old)OC/benchmarks: 3dMark05 and 3dMark06 benchmark scores at 3.375Ghz
Apps shown:
- gdm
- gnome
- k3b
- audacious
- theGimp2.2
- digikam
- mplayer.
Desktop Effects:
- Beryl + Compiz Fusion + Metacity
- Nvidia Drivers : in portage
- Tutorial: HowTo on Gentoo
Rejectcase said
Dec 08, 2007 @ 11:20 AM
OMFG thats awsome!!!!
Jason Bates said
Jan 27, 2008 @ 06:57 PM
That really is awesome
phill said
Jan 27, 2008 @ 11:39 PM
Man, your not the first person to ever use Compiz Fusion. It’s been out for ages now.
Andrew said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 11:33 AM
What did you use to get the flame effect on a program open/close?
zertner said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 11:42 AM
This is freaky cool. Who is the music by?
Vindicoth said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 12:15 PM
But can you play Team fortress 2? Call of Duty 4? World of Warcraft?
If you can.. sign me up.. if not.. I stick with windows :(.
Angel said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 12:48 PM
To Vindicoth: Of course you can play WoW, TF2, And CoD4 with a simple app called Wine.
theRemix said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 02:13 PM
@phill: i never said i’m the first person to use Compiz.
@Andrew: it’s an option that can be enabled through Beryl Manager
@zertner: Mae - Futuro(Live)
@Vindicoth: I’ve played WoW through wine, it works nicely. People say that Steam games work through wine, but i haven’t tried it yet, i still play TF2, CoD4, and BF2142 by booting to windows. I play Dota most of the time anyway (WC3/FT custom map) through wine and it works great.
TSchultz said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 02:54 PM
Awesome CF demo!
What’s the name of that song?!
theRemix said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 03:05 PM
the name of the song is Mae - Futuro(Live)
Cyrus said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 07:41 PM
Wow I have to say the way you have your system setup is pretty badass. I normally use a laptop but I am going to get a desktop as well and would like to have a similiar setup. What kind of hardware specs do you think I need? Also, I am not a gamer so I dont need anything crazy, however, I would want to enjoy the same effects you just showed.
@pplejaxkz said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 07:45 PM
Absolutely Stunning! Makes me want to whip out some linux distros and start playing around again.
B-Con said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 07:57 PM
How’d this make Digg? I’ve seen more impressive Compiz Fusion demos…
…which, by the way, you failed to list in your Apps list.
Joe said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:01 PM
Hehe neat… but can you write that virus while getting some oral stimulation that can run on both on your machine AND an alien mothership? Compiz is the eye candy yo, gotta loveit.. :P
Mark said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:12 PM
I had compiz fusion working on ubuntu (feisty) a few months ago but it wasn’t easy.. and it was buggy on my ati mobility (same effects though)
..is it built into the latest install of Gentoo or did it take some work getting the right packages
I’d hate to have to spend hours setting it back up.
oh come on said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:24 PM
all of this superfluous 3d nonsense is making baby jesus cry. if you really want to sell this, stick to the enhancements that promote usability. the last thing i need when i’m moving a window is to have to wait for it to finish flopping around like grandma’s boobs so that i can tell when i should let go.
cocoa said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:27 PM
8800 GTS?? do you really need so much power just for compiz? I have a 7300gt and on freebsd its just works.
GutsyFTW said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:36 PM
@cocoa: of course you don’t need that much power for compiz. I have a friend who runs compiz, beryl and emerald on Debian on his Thinkpad, which has an Intel integrated graphics card. That is, he has no dedicated video RAM to speak of, and it runs in real time, videos playing, flame effects, rotating desktop environment, etc.
GutsyFTW said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:39 PM
@cocoa: of course you don’t need that much power for compiz. I have a friend who runs compiz, beryl and emerald on Debian on his Thinkpad, which has an Intel integrated graphics card. That is, he has no dedicated video RAM to speak of, and it runs in real time, videos playing, flame effects, rotating desktop environment, etc.
David said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:40 PM
Glad to see someone posting a Gentoo machine. I wonder if Daniel Robbins will email you asking you to support his hostile takeover.
Donny said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:43 PM
“What does your video card do when your not playing games?”
Mine what is not playing games? I think Sir you meant: you’re
theRemix said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:44 PM
@Cyrus, you don’t need a crazy system, decent specs will work. try to get an nvidia video card.
@B-Con, Beryl+Compiz Fusion is desktop effects that style window managers demonstrated in the video, not really an “app shown” in the video. I’m pretty sure people already know what it is by now, but added to the list for reference anyway.
@Mark, it’s really easy to set up in Ubuntu, you should try it again, but it’s better with Nvidia video cards, especially with the new (beta) nvidia drivers with GL compositing built in. you don’t have to mess with XGL, AIGLX, etc. i tried all of them and i got the best glxgears score with Nvidia drivers’ composite extensions than the rest by far. and no, it is not built into Gentoo. Gentoo is all about choices.
cocoa said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:49 PM
@GutsyFTW i know i don’t need a 8800gts for compiz my 7300gt works just fine with compiz on freebsd. I mean if you are going to do is watch videos, play with the silly efects of compiz,gimp and all the stuff that was showed in the video you just wasted money.
Kuni said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:52 PM
I’ve got almost all of the same effects running on my laptop actually, it’s so cool, isn’t it?
cocoa - like I said, I run these effects in ubuntu on my laptop, it’s got a GeForce Go 7900GS and is able to run it just fine, my roommate does the same with his laptop running on a GeForce 8600m GS, so it’s not THAT graphics intensive, although it will require a fairly decent card.
Also, Remix - I -LOVE- Mae so much! Futuro was perfect for this video.
Kuni said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 08:55 PM
@Mark
If you’re running Gutsy, all you have to do to set up compiz is, make sure you have the right video car d drivers, then run “sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager” then go to Settings > Preferences > Advanced Desktop Preferences. If you still don’t have anything, try right clicking on your desktop and enabling custom effects.
theRemix said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 09:06 PM
@Donny, yah… that’s what i meant.
@cocoa, that is the truth-fact, my 8800gts is perfect for BF2142, TeamFortress2, Portal, and CoD4 though… a little silly to waste beefy overpriced hardware the sixty percent of the time you’re not playing games though.
@Kuni, it’s all about the Everglow
ckimura said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 09:39 PM
That’s pretty sick. You gotta love CF and how it makes you want to chuck Vista and Winblows for good!
dabb said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 11:26 PM
Is that Entrance at the beginning?
theRemix said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 11:41 PM
@dabb, nah just plain old gdm. other people asked for it, Gentoo-Grey-GDM.tar.gz is here
mccake said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 11:45 PM
My eee PC can do that :)
PaulRay said
Jan 28, 2008 @ 11:52 PM
The great thing about Linux (I use ubuntu) and Compiz Fusion, is that most of these effects even run smoothly on my 13Mhz Centrino powered laptop.
lenovo said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 12:22 AM
Makes Vista look like a Compwiz wannabe… It’s effects cant compare to the things that Linux can do, and not to mention how much it outperforms Vista on the same PC
Iain said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 12:49 AM
Neat. What was the accompanying music?
anon said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 02:14 AM
i think i just came
matt said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 03:32 AM
That’s cool, what music is that?
matt said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 03:36 AM
I just read the comments carefully
it’s Mae - Futuro
slaps head
Anonymous said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 04:04 AM
How much does BFG pay you?
Stadred said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 04:08 AM
Righto then. Time to switch to Linux.
Jason said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 04:22 AM
yeah this is real, this is an example of what MS should be doing! Since they have so much money and stuff, its sickening, Linux isnt as widely used like as it should be :( Ubuntu and Gentoo aswell as Redhat pure rock! http://www.spymac.com/details/?2331904
John said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 04:32 AM
Are you afraid of it? No, I just don’t like techno. You would if you had robot ears. Yeah I Guess.
Jay from Miami said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 04:46 AM
very nice.
warden said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 05:04 AM
this is super old news. compiz fusion has been out for a while. it is default in ubuntu 7.10. probably took a while to get it working in gentoo, whereas in ubuntu it is there automatically.
Zack said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 06:01 AM
<3 Pam Beesly
user said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 07:16 AM
Most of those effects are annoying, but some look useful. Either way, this needs a whole load of bugfixes before it’s safe enough to think of using.
Noah said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 07:48 AM
Agree with a few others about Compiz being out for ages now, still for the non techy is great eye candy. Also nice to see Mae in a tech video, Rob is my brother in law, although now he is no longer in the band.
Forrest said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 07:50 AM
Something that has been seen a thousand times before. Fantastic.
John said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 07:58 AM
My video card and computer are off when I am not using them. Saving Energy++;
anton said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 08:00 AM
Thats a demonstration of Beryl, not linux, you can do that with most distros.
G2D2 said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 09:27 AM
Guys, whatever…with a little tweaking you can get Vista to match or even exceed the performance of any Linux distro. This video proves it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
Mark said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 09:31 AM
Nice video.
Can you resize a window without using stretch or wire-frame mode without it lagging to hell?
Sejuhasz said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 10:04 AM
Cool video, the effects and such are pretty cool, but to get them you have to run Linux. The pain in the ass Linux is to run isn’t worth it, especially considering how hard it is to game on in Linux. I’ll stick to Vista.
phenom said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 10:26 AM
Wow seriously people compiz fusion, or originally compiz or even back to beryl…been around for more than a few years now… not exactly new software…only ones that see this as astounding are the vi$ta folks who think you need a friggin super computer to run winamp and have a nice looking interface
pedepy said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 11:16 AM
this makes ATI users cry :(
leboots said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 11:21 AM
yeah this is soooo old. compiz fusion is standard on ubuntu now and there are way more intense effects… my pentium 4 can do this. with a c2d, you should be busting a different OS on each desktop.
ANARCHY-TV.COM said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 12:09 PM
Distracting stupid chartfunk. Its like Vista, using transparency for transparency sake nowhere else but the window title bar.
Flames? Jello Windows? What purpose does that serve at all, but distract you from doing actual work. It doesn’t even look pretty, but adds to stress. I don’t need my windows burning up or wobbling around.
How about make a real modern GUI where you’re inside a 3D environment, like a 3D shooter, and you can move files and folders around like 3D objects, and decend into them, and organize, and display file contents on the object itself.. something that would actually put a 3D card to use instead of this utter nonsense.
Anonymous said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 02:28 PM
Those blue flame effect look awesome, I’m sure my productivity will rise using Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Premiere Pro 2. Oh wait~
DjWillis808 said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 02:49 PM
sounds like someone is jealous
ThisIsOld said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 03:02 PM
This is so damn old and not even a good demo of compiz fusion. Go away.
steve said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 04:10 PM
but how many bogomips are in your motherdisc?
gogohd said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 08:45 PM
omg, i almost came when the music kick in and he started to spin the desktop around to the different sides of the cube; every day i hate windows just a lil bit more.
(((louds said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 10:43 PM
” “What does your video card do when your not playing games?”
Mine what is not playing games? I think Sir you meant: you’re”
-wouldn’t be a geek post without the smart ass grammar master.
Greg said
Jan 29, 2008 @ 10:44 PM
This amazing, I did not think BFG made a 680i that actually worked. They sent me a dozen of crappy ass boards.
p311uf4 said
Jan 30, 2008 @ 12:56 AM
fantastic !!!!!!!!!!
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Jan 30, 2008 @ 05:41 AM
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NoRemorse said
Jan 30, 2008 @ 06:03 AM
Let me get this straight… You think it’s cool to have a 3d rendered desktop.. but can’t even screen capture it, and resort to filming your monitor…
Rick said
Jan 30, 2008 @ 08:58 AM
Nice special effects. Unfortunately, as in movie business nice special effects don’t yet make a good movie, also in computer use, nice desktop special effects may not always improve usability.
allan said
Jan 30, 2008 @ 09:49 AM
@NoRemorse of course you can screen capture on linux, :rolleyes: the creator either couldn’t be arsed, or didnt know how. http://www.linux.com/articles/38221 not only can you capture the screen to a video file you can even forward it entirely to another computer. http://digg.com/linuxunix/TutorialForwardingGNOMEover_SSH
gentoouser said
Jan 30, 2008 @ 10:32 AM
Nice to see a fellow gentoo user spreading the word.
Nice job
gamenac said
Jan 30, 2008 @ 02:50 PM
Vindicoth, you can play those games, its called Wine, it runs programs like Windows would, except in linux.
Paradigm Shift said
Jan 31, 2008 @ 01:24 AM
To the existing Compiz users giving Remix a hard time because this is “only Compiz” and “old”, you need to read the other comments and put this in perspective. There are people (many, many people) that have no idea that your OS could do this. They are stuck in the MS mindset and this is absolutely shocking to them. I do demos on my laptop whenever I can and enjoy the jaw-dropping effect every time. I applaud Remix for enlightening the masses and if you are a true Linux fan, so should you. Well done Remix.
mike said
Jan 31, 2008 @ 07:06 AM
Thats awesome, I’ve decided to build a linux machine just cause of that.
FkJ said
Jan 31, 2008 @ 12:33 PM
What GTK2 engine + emerald theme were you using?
Satellite Battery said
Jan 31, 2008 @ 06:36 PM
This is really nice. My machine just cacked on me, so maybe I will check out something like this. My old system had two SLI cards.. they worked ok, but the capacitors popped on one. After I reversed the order, they worked again. But today… poof… blew the motherboard too.
theRemix said
Jan 31, 2008 @ 07:40 PM
@FkJ: WaterVapor GTK Theme and AlphaCube Metacity Theme. you can download both of them here: http://remixtechnology.com/view/bfg-c2d-theme-downloads
CKOD said
Feb 01, 2008 @ 12:36 PM
Lol. What’s with the bunch of flamers? Oh yeah, sorry, must be a “my e-penis is bigger than yours” thing.
Jim said
Feb 01, 2008 @ 01:56 PM
The fact you do this and really care is poor. Go to a bar, meet people. Read a novel, go for a run. Stop throwing windows around your desktop and posting it.
nate said
Feb 01, 2008 @ 02:17 PM
whats so special about nvidia? my old ati runs compiz fine in ubuntu on my laptop. either way this is always fun to show off, no real important purpose though.
FLOSS is Boss said
Feb 01, 2008 @ 03:22 PM
I wish TheGimp opened for me as fast as it did for you.
ima mac said
Feb 01, 2008 @ 08:29 PM
wow, thats really cool! i noticed a lot of OS X like shortcuts in there, one more thing making me conside swithing over to linux.
Zmatt said
Feb 02, 2008 @ 02:24 PM
Just to let everyone know, Compiz does not require gobs of ram. I am running Ubuntu 7.10 on a compaq presario laptop celeron 1.6ghz with 1 gig of ram and integrated intel graphics and Compiz runs fine with full effects on. The cube, fire, squishy windows, and 3d tabs all work great with NO LAG. Ubuntu runs so much faster than XP pro on the same laptop its crazy. No sudden system hangs, and when you open a directory you don’t get a stupid flashlight, its just there.
Universe Man said
Feb 03, 2008 @ 10:04 AM
Really cool. Can’t stop watching it. I’m definitely switching. Thanks.
MisterNetHead said
Feb 03, 2008 @ 12:10 PM
Very nice demo, man. What’s the name of the effect that “pops” the windows off the desktop when you rotate the cube?
aopisa said
Feb 03, 2008 @ 03:20 PM
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Who’s digging this piece of crap?
aopisa said
Feb 03, 2008 @ 03:24 PM
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Gentoo is not for th faint of heart. You can hose your system pretty easily. Be prepared to spend a lot of time on Google and the forums trying to figure out how to do even basic things. I run Sabayon (Gentoo based) and it’s taken many hours of sweating (and 2 reinstalls) to get it working right.
Who’s digging this piece of crap?
thepcdude said
Feb 04, 2008 @ 05:21 PM
Damn. I have the 8600 GTS. I have ubuntu running the fancy shmany stuff.
Dadofamunky said
Feb 04, 2008 @ 08:07 PM
Good looking stuff, and good media performance.
Unfortunately, without Illustrator, FrameMaker and Photoshop, I can’t do my job, so Linux will never be a factor for me.
Our mainstream software engineers could take a lesson from this in how to more economically use the processing power in our systems, though.
peter said
Feb 05, 2008 @ 11:54 AM
why waste such a good graphics card on a mac. mac’s are fror dumb people.
matt said
Feb 05, 2008 @ 05:11 PM
MisterNetHead Says: February 3rd, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Very nice demo, man. What’s the name of the effect that “pops” the windows off the desktop when you rotate the cube?
I wanna know that too. I couldn’t find it in compiz-fusion
theRemix said
Feb 05, 2008 @ 10:03 PM
@MisterNetHead and matt, it was a beryl-plugin, probably from version 0.1.3 but i can’t really remember off hand.
Noin said
Feb 06, 2008 @ 04:09 AM
@Dadofamunky
dude what the f*ck… you can run all this by using Wine without any problems, seriously -.-’
go away >.>
me said
Feb 06, 2008 @ 02:36 PM
cool, but completely pointless
knork said
Feb 07, 2008 @ 01:59 AM
And so? A lot of useless gimmicks you don’t need…
William said
Feb 07, 2008 @ 06:43 AM
How does this improve usability?
calvin-n-hobbes said
Feb 07, 2008 @ 06:44 AM
OMG, thats awesome
linux rocks ++;
cheers cnh
Ed said
Feb 08, 2008 @ 12:15 PM
Is there anyway you can get Linux distros with cool stuff like this already installed? Cause I have tried Linux and thought it was a little difficult getting some things working, but if I could download or even buy an ISO with some basic cool stuff then I would definitely switch to Linux.
shawn said
Feb 08, 2008 @ 06:05 PM
way out man!
william said
Feb 09, 2008 @ 06:57 PM
Not pointless…it’s a desktop manager…a lot of it is eye candy but a lot helps manage your windows. Also it doesn’t tax your gpu as much as most ppl think.
jakeastside said
Feb 09, 2008 @ 07:27 PM
nothing to do with the topic here, but how much did it cost you to build your system? btw, great presentation :D
Helmut said
Feb 14, 2008 @ 08:51 AM
Did you get the optical sound to work with that board? I have the same setup, and cannot for the LIFE of me get the optical sound working.
Great setup though, very easy to setup as well.
H
theRemix said
Mar 03, 2008 @ 12:04 AM
@ Helmut i don’t use onboard, i got a creative X-Fi card, and no.
@ jakeastside i forgot, it was well over $1000, but you can probably get the same specs (or better) for under $1000 now. just be on the look out for deals from online stores like newegg or outpost.
Brian said
Mar 17, 2008 @ 12:44 PM
I have to ask if you filmed this using a camcorder/digital camera due to the fact that there’s a terrible lack of software solutions that do the same for Linux?
Brendon said
Aug 28, 2008 @ 06:02 AM
How come the video doesn’t work anymore?