-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Tapsell wrote: > 2009/2/18 Matthias Hopf <mh...@suse.de>: >> On Feb 06, 09 01:56:19 +0000, John Tapsell wrote: >>>>>> glxgears is not a benchmark. >>>> At openSUSE we print out a warning now (well, this change went into >>>> *after* 11.1, unfortunately), that this is not a benchmark. We got really >>>> tired of these statements. >>> Except that it _is_ a benchmark. Or rather waas before the change. >> No, it never was. >> >>> If for example, without vsync, a user gets just 100fps on their new >>> nvidia card, then that is clearly showing that something is wrong. >> So it is a validation tool, but not a benchmark. >> >> A benchmark - by definition - gives you performance figures that can be >> compared with other systems, which gives you a reasonable notion of >> which of the systems is better. > > Right. If one system gets 100fps and another gets 1,000fps, then you > compare the two systems and say that one is better than the other. > All you are saying is that it's not an accurate comparison if the > numbers are close.
If glxgears is representative of the actual workloads that you run, then it's a terrific benchmark. Otherwise, it's like saying "This Ferrari sucks because it can't haul an RV." or "This 2-ton pick-up truck sucks because it can't go 200mph." Measure something that matters or don't measure. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmcSMAACgkQX1gOwKyEAw+qcwCgkXPie/BR+FIz2Udn01biZQaZ Ll0AniQthegIRIbtzQYkxaJaXONjpvM8 =Bxdu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg