there's the preemptible linux kernel patch. it should help speed things up. nicing your X server to a high priority and removing near all background processes/daemons except for like init and loggers shold help too. also run static font files instead of xfs for a bit of a speed burst too.
is AGP running in 4x? you might want to try agpgart instead of NVidia's AGP support (Option "NvAgp" in XF86Config) On 0, David Heremans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 02:18:42PM +0200, Samuel, Brett wrote: > > > > Thanks for clearing up the DGA issue. The reason I tried the xgl target > > was because I was hoping that performance would be better than windowed > > x11. > > > > I am using a GeForce2 on a Pentium III 550 with 256MB RAM. My hardware > > is definitely a bottleneck, this is more apparent on newer games. > > > > However, my performance under the dreaded win32 is much faster on > > exactly the same hardware. I have been given quite a but of good advice, > > what I intent to do this evening is: > > > > 1. Compile my own kernel to optimise performance. > > 2. disable all the goodies like glaa and cabview. > > 3. try the SVGA target ( battled getting it working last time, but > > didn't try too hard either) > In such case you could also try a 'nice' to increase the importance of the > xmame program. > Don't forget that in the dreaded win32 the foreground process has a much > higher priority then on a normal *nix machine. Also in case of the 9x > version, you still can bypass the OS to some extended wich boosts > performance also, that's something that isn't allowed under Linux > > David > > -- > There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. > We don't believe this to be a coincidence. > > - Jeremy S. Anderson > > _______________________________________________ > Xmame mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame -- -marc v1.2a r TW 0/0/ FD 1- 0 Animals 3 0 10.3% <19oct99> _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame
