On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 14:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= writes:
>  > On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 18:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
>  > > =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= writes:
>  > > ed, 2002-06-19 at 16:59, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: 
>  > > 
>  > >  19 Jun 2002, Michel [ISO-8859-1] D�nzer wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 16:29, Malverian ... wrote:
>  > > > I'm having some pretty serious speed issues with my ATI Radeon 7500 64MB 
>  > > > DDR. And my hopes are in you guys for helping me iron out the kinks.
>  > > > 
>  > > > glxinfo says that direct rendering is enabled
>  > > > X startup has no warnings or errors
>  > > > 
>  > > > I'm getting 500FPS in glxgears
>  > > 
>  > > That's exactly the speed I get on my XP 1800+ So we both must be
>  > > making the same mistake or something.....
>  > 
>  > Make really sure you're using all the latest components.
> 
> Looking at the output of ldd on `which glxgear` and checking their
> creation times showed that they are all what I'd expect. Also
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/{dri|drivers|extensions} also have the creation
> time I'd expect. Is there anything I should be looking for that I've
> missed?

No, sounds good.

> One thing I noticed is that I did not have EnablePageFlip set to true
> in my X config file. Setting this raised the fps to 660. Is there any
> reason why this isn't the default?

There are issues with it, e.g. when obscuring a 3D window.

>  > Also, 2D
>  > clients will still have an impact on 3D performance, although it should
>  > no longer be as bad as it used to be.
> 
> That was with 3 xterms (2 of which were doing nothing, one running
> glxgears) & xemacs with no files loaded. Window manager was afterstep.
> So little 2D activity.

Hmm. I'm running out of ideas then...


>  > Anyhow, glxgears really isn't an important benchmark, how do 'real' apps
>  > perform?
> 
> True, but it seems an easy way just to compare 'like' systems.

Only if the desktop environments are 'like' as well.


> Crystal space's walktest instantly dies with a
> 
> walktest: t_imm_api.c:316: _tnl_end: Assertion `ctx->Driver.NeedFlush & 0x1' failed.

I also see that.


-- 
Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast


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