Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>>> On 11/17/2010 08:33 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now I can select enhanced effects for video, and they work fine (for values of
>>>> fine considering I wanted to see if they work, not that I want them on).
>>>> However, the display is still dog slow, glxgears runs at 60fps, video is jerky,
>>>> etc. So the "better" video now doesn't crash, does provide effects I don't need,
>>>> and is still too slow to be useful, even on a non-game machine. So much for not
>>>> using vendor drivers.
>>>>
> If glxgears is running at 60 fps it may be just sync'd with the refresh rate.
>
>
It absolutely is, possibly I should have mentioned that. But it is not
intuitive that accelerated video drivers would map to lower frame rates
and less smooth screen updates. If the old drivers could use horizontal
retrace sync (or perhaps none at all?) why are "better" drivers slower?
And more importantly, why do the gears visibly twitch and change
rotational rate when they appeared smooth with the old drivers?
I have said before that too much effort was going into eye candy like
wobbly windows, and not enough into support for older video hardware.
The 2nd part HAS improved, at least in the case of my Radeon hardware, I
don't have to use vesa or vendor drivers to have stable operation. In
the next few days I will be trying some non-Radeon video, I look forward
to the information.
--
Bill Davidsen<davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We can't solve today's problems by using the same thinking we
used in creating them." - Einstein
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