Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:09:37 +0000 From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Call for Testing] X.org 7.5 for FreeBSD Message-ID: <m2n3a142e751004160409l1c1ff21dyda0260dc2148cfe7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1004051446460.21625@wonkity.com> References: <20100311134413.GH19740@bsdcrew.de> <20100404000033.GG86236@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1004031919110.12551@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1004041212100.16056@wonkity.com> <4BBA21F7.70405@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1004051446460.21625@wonkity.com>
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On 4/5/10, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Robert Noland wrote: >>> Seems functional for desktop use, including composite. Attempting to run >>> >>> nexuiz is a mistake, with the frames showing up at about 1 every twenty >>> seconds or so. >> >> With which version of mesa? 7.4 or 7.6? > > Now with 7.6: > > Radeon Mobility HD2400 (128M, Toshiba Satellite A215) > > At xorg "Virtual 1024x768" and nexuiz 640x480 16-bit and lowest effects > settings, it's about 2 seconds between screen updates in the GUI > (higher virtual resolution makes it slower, at native 1280x800 it's 5 > seconds between input and screen update). > > The game takes 30 seconds or so to start, and it's seconds between input > and movement. In fairness, this is without ACPI (won't boot with it) > and this Toshiba is basically built for Windows, so it may be something > else interfering. Possibly thermal CPU throttling because of the ACPI > problems. Data at http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/radeon/mobHD2400/ . > > Just for comparison... > > Radeon FireGL9000 (32M, Dell Inspiron 8500) > > At 1920x1200, nexuiz can be started, but it's about 10 seconds between > screen updates for the GUI and the game. At xorg.conf 1024x768 or less, > with all nexuiz settings at their lowest, it's still not really > playable, but runs nearly interactively. Faster than the Toshiba, > anyway. In my case (i945GM) nexuiz is unplayable (from the begining), but other games like urbanterror, tremulous/tremfusion, openarena, or even wine + bunch of other games are just fine. So if this is not regression I would not care about it.
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