> From: "Carsten Haitzler" <ras...@rasterman.com> > To: "Enlightenment users discussion & support" > <enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: "David Seikel" <onef...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:54:17 AM > Subject: Re: [e-users] E 0.17.0 issues > > On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:38:49 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> > said: > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:33:59 -0500 Ross Vandegrift > > <r...@kallisti.us> > > wrote: > > > > > On 01/16/2013 06:26 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > > > you almost definitely will have to chase this up with your > > > > driver > > > > vendors. > > > > > > > > 1. compositing with SOFTWARE works smoothly (well 20-60fps) on > > > > a > > > > 600mhz penitum-m. > > > > 2. it works "usably" on even lower end arm machines.. *IN > > > > SOFTWARE* > > > > > > Hmmm, this is not my experience on a 1.8Ghz dual-core athlon. > > > With > > > software rendering, I get noticeable visual stutter when > > > switching > > > virtual desktops. Dense text, webpages, and lots of windows on a > > > desktop make it worse. Video tears pervasively. Flash video, > > > not so > > > hot to being with, is totally unusable. > > > > > > Should I expect better? Perhaps I need to tweak some other > > > settings > > > or compile differently? I just assumed that it was expected that > > > software would be not so great. > > > > Before I noticed that the compositor on my desktop was set to > > software > > instead of OpenGL like I wanted, I had noticed it was considerably > > slower than I had experienced in the past (when it WAS set to > > OpenGL). > > I do have dense text, the odd web page, but not lots of windows on > > a > > text - stuff rendered inside of application windows is entirely > outside of > comps influence/domain... its rendered by the client and/or the > xserver and its > rendering/accel. nothing to do with compositor - all comp sees is an > image per > window. > > > desktop. Flash I usually try to avoid so not much experience with > > it. > > I'd not call it unusable though. No tearing, but I had vsync > > turned on > > for what it's worth. This is on 3.2GHz AMD four core with more > > than > > enough RAM, so My Mileage May Vary. > > vsync has no effect on software as there is no way to vsync in > regular 2d x > rendering. only via opengl. > > > I don't run X on that x486 I mentioned, so I can't compare. > >
@Ross Question: Do you use chrome / chromium without system borders ? Unfortunately the rounded corners that chrome / chromium provides make everything slow :( When you maximise the chrome window by key combo (not by chrome max button), the border becomes single, removing the rounded corners. This works fine. Else, system borders. Just a thought... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
