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I am new to Ubuntu and I like it.

I have some issues with the window movement performance (in Unity). My PC has a AMD Phenom X4 955 processor, 4 GB ram and AMD HD 6950 graphics card.

So its not that slow, but the windows (Nautilus, Firefox - just about any window really) move very sluggishly. I tried it with the AMD driver that Ubuntu provides (FGLRX driver, the standard, not the newest) and without it. I have installed Compiz Config and disabled the vsync, and also tried to switch vsync in the catalyst drivers on and off. Nothing seems to work.

Sometimes the window movement is perfectly smooth for a moment, then it gets slow as hell again. the other effects like minimizing are working very smooth. Any ideas what to do? It's really annoying.

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You should install the latest drivers for your card, they give so much better support than the ones included on the Ubuntu repos.

If you need any help to install the ATI drivers on your system have a look at this question Is my ATI graphics card supported in Ubuntu? It will help you download and install the latest drivers in your system.

The included drivers (fglrx 11.08 and fglrx 11.09) in the Ubuntu repos are not really the best ones to fully appreciate Unity, only after the upgrade to fglrx 11.11 had I a good experience with it, no more slowness and hanging windows and movies. All worked much, much better.

The guide I included will install fglrx 11.12, they are the current latest drivers from ATI.

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