Re: [Dri-devel] looking around

[Leif D. <lde...@re...>]

Also, if you're just looking to get the max fps possible for games, etc.,
a lightweight window manager like twm gives a noticeable improvement over
something like KDE and is generally smoother.  I've started using twm for
a lot of my testing and benchmarking because it's also much faster to
restart the server when I make changes. :)

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, PlasmaJohn wrote:

> On 2002-06-19, Jose' Fonseca wrote:
> 
> > Also don't forget to reduce the screen resolution, to see as freeing more 
> > onboard memory how much the fps rise.
> 
> Back in the day[1] when all I had was a Matrox G200 (on Utah), I remember
> having to create a special .xconfig for Quake3 because the X server would
> allocate enough resources to handle the highest resolution and bit-depth
> specified on the "Modes" line of the "Display" section used.
> 
> The everyday config was set to 1600x1200 and didn't even load the 3D driver
> while the special Quake config specified a maximum of 640x480.
> 
> I haven't any clue if this same issue affects the DRI in general or the
> individual card drivers in specific, but you may wish to follow a similar
> strategy (eg. make an 800x600 config, etc.)
> 
> John Klar
> 
> [1] Yes, yes, the day sucked.
> 
> 
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