glxgears is not a benchmark. Since it is designed to run at thousands of frames per second it will get an obvious performance hit due to compositing. Real games are mostly not affected at all.
** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- GLX applications very slow with Compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141649 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs