From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 14:06:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E460316A4CE; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:06:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc070981.me.gu.edu.au (pc070981.me.gu.edu.au [132.234.7.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96D0343D1F; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:06:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au) Received: from pc070981.me.gu.edu.au (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pc070981.me.gu.edu.au (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1BM6jaE013288; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 08:06:45 +1000 Received: (from brett@localhost) by pc070981.me.gu.edu.au (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i1BM6i3c013286; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 08:06:44 +1000 X-Authentication-Warning: pc070981.me.gu.edu.au: brett set sender to B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au using -f From: Brett Wildermoth To: John Baldwin In-Reply-To: <200402111325.40548.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <1076478994.10663.22.camel@pc070981.me.gu.edu.au> <200402111325.40548.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="=-MjBFQsYlpezlDwUIgzL1" Organization: Griffith University Message-Id: <1076537204.13171.9.camel@pc070981.me.gu.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 08:06:44 +1000 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 05:25:00 -0800 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mandrake 10 Beta Versus FreeBSD 5.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:06:49 -0000 --=-MjBFQsYlpezlDwUIgzL1 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, DRI was not enabled on either machine, when it was enabled it had no effect on the FreeBSD machine however had a negative effect on the Mandrake machine, dropping the frame rate to 238 frames per second.... There currently is no 3D acceleration for the Intel 84G on board video. I am currently running a numerical benchmark test on these machines and well let you know the results. Regards Brett Wildermoth On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 04:25, John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 12:56 am, Brett Wildermoth wrote: > > Just thought I'd let you all know of my new discovery > > > > On two identical DELL Optiplex GX270 3.0GHz machines I installed > > Mandrake 10 Beta on one and FreeBSD 5.2 on the other. I ran "glxgears" > > on both and here are the results > > > > Mandrake 10: 388 Frames per Second > > FreeBSD 5.2: 644 Frames per Second (almost twice the performance) > > > > What they say about FreeBSD is true, it is faster than LINUX, especially > > since the LINUX kernel put on weight. > > Probably you didn't have DRI turned on in Mandrake and did on FreeBSD somehow. --------------------------------\\\|///--------------------------------- "You're not out of shape... because technically a circle is a shape." Scott Adams, 2003. --=-MjBFQsYlpezlDwUIgzL1--