I did the switch from Gnome 2 to KDE 4 when I found that KDE 4 can run smooth with VESA driver on X11 and Gnome was running like a slug. Also, KDE have tendency

I did the switch from Gnome 2 to KDE 4 when I found that KDE 4 can run smooth with VESA driver on X11 and Gnome was running like a slug. Also, KDE have tendency to run with less problem when your X11 driver is buggy (AMD drivers...)