For the day I had 10 running (many moons ago) it was noticeably faster than 9.2. The gui was nearly there before I clicked the button or hovered over the icon, I didn't do very much in it though before I rebooted and lost X. It was like I said noticeably faster.
Tony. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Raffaele BELARDI Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 10.0 slower than 9.2? John Drouhard wrote: > On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 09:55 +0200, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > >>Simple test: same movies that in 9.2 played fine and smooth in 10.0 skip >>LOTS of frames > > What video card do you have? If it's an nvidia card, you might need to Nope, it's an ATI Radeon 7xxx (don't remember exact model). >>Next I will try installing the 9.2 version of mplayer into 10.0, just to >>rule out kernel issues. If it doesn't do the job, I'll have to go back >>to 9.2 :-( > > Don't install the 9.2 version of mplayer on 10.0, there will be > dependency problems. Yes, I tried and gave up due to the dependencies issues (didn't want to spend too much time on it). Now I'm back to 9.2 :-( >>accessing a CD >>in 10.0 eats up all CPU, while in 9.2 it was only using a small fraction >>- like if it was not using DMA, but DMA is enabled for all drives. > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the default mandrake kernels not > include dma support? If they do, then I'm not sure what to do about the You are wrong :-) My understanding is that MDK (or the Linux kernel, not sure which) enables DMA for a drive by default, then disables it if it detects errors on drive access. On my other box, a 10.0 system, hdparm reports DMA enabled for the HDs, disabled for the CDROM (an old drive which I suspect does not support it). >>I remember somebody defining 10.0 "speed daemon" so I was quite >>negatively impressed by my results. Has anybody noticed such bad >>performance? > > It is a speed "daemon" :). No but really, its fast. Ok, demon :-). Anyway, I have to confirm my first impression. The 10.0 box is slower to react to GUI, slower to rip CDs, slower to mp3-encode them. Not much, but it can be appreciated. BTW, I got a confirmation on the first web article I googled: 2.6 better for server, equal or less than 2.4 for dektop. (http://www.2cpu.com/articles/98_1.html) bye, raffaele -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have recieved it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com
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