[ltp] glxgears and T41

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:01:41 +0200, Alejandro Sobrino Beltr=E1n
<alex.sobrino@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:37:11 +0200, Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@gmx.de> wrot=
e:
> > Could it be that glxgears uses software rendering? IIRC I had the same
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> It shouldn't... because glxinfo says it is using direct rendering.
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> > behaviour when I tried GL stuff on my A30 with 24 bit colour depth, as
> > the video memory isn't suffiecent for 3D acceleration at full
> > resolution and colour depth. Maybe you have more luck with 16 bit
> > colour depth.
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> WOW!! I tried setting it to 16bit color depth and now glxgears returns
> me about 1100 FPS :-O!! Is that normal?

16 bpp is often twice as fast as 24bpp, especially on slower hardware.

Alex

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> Thanks for your tip ;-)
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