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When pushing out the first public release of the Phoronix Test Suite, it was announced that the first stable (v1.0) release of this Linux benchmarking suite is codenamed "Trondheim", but what does that mean? After being bombarded with messages asking what is Trondheim or what it means as a codename, we have decided to explain it once and for all in this article.
I was there once and I really enjoyed it. They put up a ski jump ramp where that first picture was taken and was one of the coolest events I have ever seen.
Nice codename! Trondheim is a beautiful student city and the large, round red building is a very nice place to get drunk with fellow students ;p
Trondheim, hmm, they have nidarosdomen, which was just a big church, they host some nice servers to dl from
And got some NAZI history since germany was there, so was somekinda nice stuff going on there.
Anyways, i like you guys @ phoronix, choosing actually NON us stuff, giving us in europe actually some fun..
Cause all sites are posting about US stuff, all the companies like AMD nvidia Intel ATI is like only Usa/ Canada. tired of that, why is like US so much better costumer than us.
Ey amd/intel/nvidia/ati, we got more money than US, give us some credit for buying so much!.
hehe, that was just abit of rage after seing so many competions which says US/Canada only
anywayz, trondheim have so much compared to "drammen" which is simular sized city with just alot of negro's and refugies which doesnt like school, norwegian food, norwegian language, norwegian rules.
They like the goverment cause they give money.
Not racistical ment, i have some few refugies, i dont blame them all, i blame some of them, which is a pain in the ass cause i pay tax so they can live without working!.
anywayz, whats the next codename ? stockholm, malmø, hamburg hehe. bring more european names, it gets people wondering!
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I could be wrong, but it sure looks like the right place. It started from the roof and ended about half way between the street and the building. This gave them plenty of room to land. They had skiers and snowboarders doing tricks off of it. This happened around February of 2002.
Trondheim++ for now... I have no idea. 1.0 isn't even out the door yet and aside from profile/suite additions there won't be many pts-core changes so frequently. If you want to continue with the Nordic theme, how about Vinmonopolet? lol. Or more appropriate, benchmark-monopolet
Hmm maybe I'll ask some people I know there about it. It probably is where you seen it. The Torg / city center is like a block in front of the Nidaros cathedral and two or three blocks away from the river on the right. It's also just one block west from a good English pub.
As a new member, I signed up only because you chose such a cool name for your project... (Not to mention all your great Linux/solaris content!! Keep up the good work!)
Trondheim is an excellent student city (if you can handle the lousy weather) with lots of technology-advanced companies who scour the bright heads from the technical department of the local university. Those photos brings back good memories. And the round red building is the (semi-)famous student-"house" owned and run by students for students with the best partying I've ever been to. (That says alot about either "studentersamfundet" or me!)


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BY FAR the main reason for our failure this year is our defense.
Undoubtedly defense was a problem this season-- note carefully the first line of my post, that the problems were many. But to counter your point, the offense at times put undo pressure on the defense by failing to possess the ball sufficiently to rest the D. In other words, whatever "identity" our offense had (damn little identity it was too, when BA's idea of a running play is the wide receiver screen)did not mesh at all well with what the D could do well.
Also, there is no way you can compare the impact of the defense's injuries to that of the offense. The D lost the two most important players schematically; the Offense would have had to lose Ben for 11 games and Ward for 12 to compare. So that argument holds no water.
Sweed was supposed to be the third receiver. BA deserves all the blame on his remarkably stupid play calling but you have to give the idiot some of the kudos for getting 1,000 yards out of a "rookie" back, 4,000 yards out of a QB and enough insight to see Wallace as something special.
Last I checked, the offense' primary job is to score points, not rack up yards. As far as the "insight" on Wallace, everybody knows there was no one else to take Sweed's place. We're damned lucky Wallace worked out, and it has nothing to do with Arians' insight or WTFever.
How can we have a first rounder not contribute more?
We all knew Hood was not going to be an immediate contributor. End in the 3-4 is one of the most difficult positions on the field to play. Again, we knew this when we drafted him.
If you give BA an "F" for the year, what do you give DickL?
I give LeBeau a C. Although for you to compare Arians to LeBeau is patently absurd-- has Arians ever produced a #1 offense?
Was BA or the offense our biggest problem this year?? Nothing points in that direction.
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How many leads did the D give up in the 4th quarter?
How many times did the O fail to get a TD in the RZ?
Arians and Lebeau both had many low moments this past season. As long as Lebeau doesn't retire, both will be back next year.
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My point is simply that BA was not the main reason for our failures this year. I would go as far as saying they were the least of the contributors to our record! Our defense and special teams contributed to our record more than our OC. The same way that our defense contributed more to our super bowl season that our offense did. I have no idea what you mean when you say our offensive "identity" did not mesh with what the D could do well??? If you mean by that, had BA come up with an executable game plan which would result in the offense holding onto the ball for the entire fourth quarter, then I do understand what you are talking about. Had BA been able to come up with that approach we would be playing in the playoffs.
I am not comparing off/def injuries or BA/DL at all. I was simply trying to cutoff the inevitable argument that the reason the Def struggled was because of injuries and push that DL had a worse year (no matter how you look at it) than BA did.
"Last I checked, the offense' primary job is to score points" As I stated with the exception of three games we scored enough points to win but the defense let us down.
The right time to fire BA was last year or the year before. In these years our defense carried his sorry ass. But not this year.
Okay my head is back in the sand.
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I also agree that Arians deserves a great deal of blame for the defensive 4th quarter woes all season as much as the defense. case in point yesterday, 11 and change left in the game, the fins just capped off a 7 play, 61 yard, TD drive, we get the ball on the 20. Arains thinks to himself, im going for all the marbles here and finishing off these guys once and FOR ALL! calls for a deep pass that ends up with a 10 yard sack. Next play conservative pass to ward for 6, then a short pass to Moore, then punts. time off the clock: 1:23?
fucking asshole Bruce!
defense back on the field...3 plays, 62 yard TD drive by the phins in 1:15...geeze ya think the D had plenty of time to get their legs prior to that drive?
we get the ball at the 18 after our "return specialist" runs all over the place except north and south...
NOW here comes the ultra, i really fucked up previously, hoping to not lose yardage, conservative drive!
1st and 10 run up the gut for 2 yards
2nd/8 run up the gut for 1 yard
3rd/LONG ben sacked and fumbled. Fucking asshole Bruce!
Luckily for the steelers Thigpen turned into a pumpkin finally and threw a stupid INT. had he not, this game ends just like the KC and oak games ended. big fat loss and all of us wondering what the hell happened.
Just like its a given that the very first offensive play of the day is a screen to ward for 2 yards, rest assured the same mentality will be on display in the 4th quarter as well.
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I know his style of play produces big-time payouts at times, but considerably more often than not, his insistence on throwing deep - or throwing period - kills us.
Have to wholeheartedly disgree here. While I've stated on many occasions that I wish Ben would learn to take what's given at times, the fact of the matter is that his style pays off. For proof look no further than his winning percentage. Even with the year his brain was scrambled, I believe he has won more games in his first six seasons than anyone in history. And, he's got two rings already.
What he needs to learn is time and place, on the field and on the clock. Sometimes it's OK to take the FG or play field position. But even if he never learns that, the truth is he gets results more often than not. And it's his mentality all game that is the reason when it's the last drive of the game and we have to get points, most of the time we do. Because he treats every drive as one where we have to get points, so the end of the game is no different. All things considered, his style is more positive than negative.
And Jacksplat, not sure I'm following your argument. Not an Arians fan either, but you criticize a drive when we're in the lead and we throw the ball and don't burn the clock. Then you criticize a drive when we run the ball as being too conservative. Not sure what the ideal play sequence is.
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So if Thigpen threw a TD instead of a pic and then came back to win it 31-30 then it would be umm BA's fault, right? Because had we scored more than 30 points we would have won, REALLY?? How about their third string quarterback makes our second string safety and first string corners look like they just came off the pop warner super star team. No matter that the offense put us up by 14 points going into the fourth quarter. No matter that the offense had two running backs run for over 95 yards. No matter that Ben has one of his best days as a QB. No matter that Heath has one of the best TE years of any, in recent memory.
As mentioned in a prior post I am not sure what Jack's point is on the play calling. But if you want to beat up on BA on those two series what about the last time we have the ball? Roethlisberger throws a five-yard completion to Ward and then another one for 13 yards. Then Parker gets them down to the eight-yard line with a 34-yard run. Reed kicks field goal, extending the lead to 30-24 with just 40 seconds to play. BA made those calls as well. Should we have gotten a TD? YEP!!! Should we have had the skill to stop a third string QB when we know he is going to throw? FUCK YEP!! Had Thigpen thrown a TD with 40 seconds on the clock and no time outs well then of course it would have been the Offensive Coordinators fault. Because we didn't score more points! WOW!!!
Why is no one calling for Ray Horton's head? He is the defensive backs coach. Him along with Larry Zierlein and Amos Jones should be strung up. If you want to look at coaches that need to go away get these three out first.
Let's fix the defense first, special teams second and then take BA out and shoot him. If our main foucs is on getting a new OC because the front office concludes he is the MAIN REASON for our failures then we can continue to look forward to 9-7 seasons or worst.
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Arians to LeBeau = apples to lean ground beef. Not even in the same category.
Sorry Tuscon, but LeBeau had a bad year. Arians has had a bad career. Let's look at the factors that have contributed to the defensive collapse, as they relate to BA:
1. Failure to develop anything resembling a consistent running game (for three seasons)
2. Throwing the ball the entire game, but going into a shell when a first down would basically seal the deal (a la Cincy #1)
3. Ineptitude in the red zone (three seasons)
4. Refusal to let Ben take full advantage of the no-huddle (three seasons)
5. Failure to design and execute a screen pass to the running backs (three seasons)
6. Refusal to make full use of the RBs in the passing game (three seasons--although this did improve in the last three weeks of this season)
7. Failure to convince Ben to use more outlet throws--and failure to create more short/outlet routes for him to use
8. Overall inconsistency in playcalling and decisions, particularly in the middle of games when the plays were not scripted or Ben wasn't "winging it"
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The reasons why we did not make the playoffs are legion. The general consensus on this board as to the main reason for our failure-- one Bruce Arians-- is well known to us all. Suffice to say it is inexcusable for a team with a 4,000 yard passer, two 1,000 receivers, a 1,000 yard rusher and a tight end with 75+ catches to finish near the bottom third in the league in red zone efficiency, and 12th in overall scoring. A telling metric is one I just invented: the differential between 1st downs and touchdowns. We ranked 9th in total first downs, but only 14th in total touchdowns. That tells me BA simply doesn't know what to do as the field shortens and the wide receiver screen is nullified by smaller corner cushions.
This is the point I think alot of people aren't seeing. I don't really care how many 4000 yard passers or 1000 yard receivers we have. How much of that is basically due to our talent moving the ball between the 20s? If you put another QB at the helm, one perhaps with less playmaking ability, I'm sure our offensive numbers would take a major hit.
The fact is Bruce Arians is a major problem on this team. The offense has looked out-of-synch for the better part of 2 years. And the Super Bowl was won in spite of Arians, with Ben pulling rabbits out of his helmet all season. Fuck Bruce Arians.
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The best rallies are those that move up, take a breather and then move up again. That way markets do not get extended, the gains are fairly predictable, as are the pullbacks. It appears that is the kind of market we are in at present. The S&P 500 Index reached a low of 1,249 exactly one month ago. It then soared 7.2 percent to 1,339 in the next 23 days. We began this pullback a week ago and so far have given back less than 2 percent of those gains. I would expect a bit more time and possibly downside before resuming our march toward 1,400 on the S&P. If you are looking for excuses (as so many of us do) to explain the short-term gyrations in the market there are plenty of culprits. If you are a Republican, it's all about the runaway deficit and the opposition's unwillingness/inability to tackle spending and raise taxes. Democrats will argue it's the fault of the GOP and the tea party that narrowly missed shutting down the government by tacking on superfluous riders to the deal. I expect increased rhetoric and market volatility as the debate on the debt ceiling intensifies, so be prepared. But all of that is simply headline news. The real questions that are making the rounds of trading floors and hedge fund offices are these: At what point does "non-core" inflation, (energy and food, for example) start to impact corporate profits? Are we already seeing some of that risk this quarter as companies voice their concerns about profit margins in the future? When will the widening gap between America's haves and have-nots reach a boiling point? Over 70 percent of the population is caught in a terrible climate of stagflation while the top 30 percent get richer and richer. Higher commodity prices will eventually force producers to pass on price increases to consumers. Will these consumers demand higher wages in order to stay afloat? Will corporations respond by raising worker's income or will they hold the line? If they hold the line, will that mean consumer spending retreats and the economy slows? Either way, corporate profits will suffer. Overseas, Spain's real estate losses are massive and at some point will come to the forefront. How will Europe and the world meet that challenge? Spain, unlike Greece, Portugal and Ireland, is a big economy and problems there would have a severe impact on other economies. Will China be able to continue its role as the world's economic locomotive? The government is struggling to engineer a "soft landing" as it attempts to control/reduce inflation while maintaining a high growth rate. At best, this is a difficult task and if they over tighten, causing their economy to falter, what will that do to global economic growth? At the center of this debate is QE 2. There is an extremely high correlation between the rise in commodity prices, the stock market and the Federal Reserve's open market purchases of securities. The ripple effect of QE 2 has spread all over the world and the above questions center on what happens with the end of QE2 in June. The Fed is flooding the economy with money and that money is sitting in bank vaults and on corporate balance sheets. So there is plenty of money to hire workers and raise wages to pay for those higher prices brought on by sky-rocketing commodity prices. Of course, what I am describing is the beginning of an inflationary cycle that, if left unchecked, could lead to hyper-inflation. Given that no one knows how this story will turn out, one can forgive the two steps forward, one step back volatility in the markets. Gold and silver continue to rocket higher since all we can be sure of right now is that the Fed will continue to pump money into the economy until June. It is also why I believe the stock market, regardless of these short-term pullbacks, is heading higher for now.
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Here is a sampling of comments I received this week from Berkshire clients: "Just wait until higher prices start hiking the inflation rate." "Interest rates are rising because of inflation." "Look at the government deficit disaster, the only thing we can do is inflate our way out of debt." It is as if everyone in the United States is absolutely convinced that we are on the verge of hyperinflation. And yet the inflation rate remains below the Federal Reserve's target of what is considered a healthy rate of inflation. It's time I cut through the hyperbole and set things straight for you and I. I believe that until the unemployment rate drops substantially, inflation in the U.S. will be contained to no more than 2 or 3 percent. In the meantime, in order for the housing market, the banking sector, the nation's unemployed and the economy overall to improve, we need to spend more money and ignore the deficit for now. The Fed has it right. Drown the system with dollars until even the most recalcitrant lender has no choice but to lend despite the perceived risk. Commodity prices are rising because of 1) terrible weather and 2) economic recovery worldwide. Those price increases may or may not be inflationary depending upon where you live and do business. Additional demand for wallboard by a local builder, for example, is a good thing because there is a lot of excess capacity right now in the U.S. The same is not true for Chinese or Indian builders, who are populating their country's skylines with thousands of new buildings. For them, higher prices for every additional nail, two-by-four or steel girder fuel their already high inflation rates. Quantitative easing has been judged a failure by a host of economists and strategists because it has caused interest rates to rise and asset prices to increase, but those are positive developments in my opinion. The price rise in assets (capital goods) is why big takeover deals are back. The impetus behind "merger mania" is simple: investors' expectations have changed drastically from last year's "double dip" mentality. Both market participants and corporations now believe that the return on investments over the coming years will be far higher than expected so assets are worth more now; thus the price increase. That's why investors are loving the increasing stream of takeovers and mergers. These asset price increases will lead to a surge in economic activity and ultimately increases in employment. The rise in interest rates does not indicate inflation fears. They are simply reflecting the new reality that real returns on assets are increasing. In order to stay competitive, the bond market must offer higher rates. So don't be spooked by higher rates. Their increase is a natural, predictable and welcome development in any country's economic recovery. Don't let the talking heads tell you otherwise. Expect the dollar to continue to weaken. Very few countries outside of the U.S. have any form of QE I, II. As a result, other countries' currencies will strengthen against the greenback as their interest rates rise much higher than our own. As I've written before, this is good for our exports because a cheaper dollar increases demand for "Made in America" products. Witness this week's take over of the New York Stock Exchange by the Germans. As for the stock market, contrary to everyone's expectations of an impending correction, the averages continue to confound to the upside. I say expect a correction, but don't wait for it. We have considerable upside ahead of us. Stay the course and stay invested regardless of any pending pullbacks.
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As markets close in this holiday-shortened week, the stock market enjoyed its annual Christmas rally with all three averages reaching new highs for the year. It was the best December for the S&P since 1991 and most forecasters believe these gains indicates an even larger move in the first half of next year. Goldman (or should I say Government) Sachs upped its forecast for the S&P 500 Index to 1,450 for 2011. That is a 16 percent projected gain in the index and, if true, would bring us within 115 points of that average's all time high reached on Oct. 9, 2007. Adding to the good cheer this week was the news that existing home sales gained 5.6 percent in November, which kindled hopes that the long-awaited recovery in the housing market was at hand. But in my opinion, the real Santa Claus this year came disguised as the Federal Reserve Bank and its chairman, Ben Bernanke. Back in late August, when the first public statements from the Federal Reserve Bank surfaced on the possibility of a second quantitative easing, the stock market snapped out of its doldrums. I immediately abandoned my cautious stance and both stock and commodity prices started to move higher and have never looked back. Most market watchers argue that QE II is a failure judging by the results in the bond market. They point to medium and long-term interest rates that have actually increased over the last two months as evidence that QE II has failed. I beg to differ. I believe the Fed's intention was focused solely on keeping short-term interest rates at a historical low level and the steepening of the yield curve (where long rates are higher than short rates) was exactly what they wanted. In economics class, I learned that a steepening yield curve is synonymous with a growing economy, but as the economy grows so does the threat of inflation. Maybe not at first, but as time progresses, the economy grows stronger and begins to overheat. The specter of rising inflation becomes almost certain. Investors who understand this begin to demand higher yields now from the bond market, especially from those who are selling long-term bonds, say 10 to 30 years out. Now consider those millions of risk-adverse investors who have put their money into long-term treasury bonds as the result of the recession and financial crisis. They are losing their shirt right now as their investments drop in price on almost a daily basis. Sure, they can sell and buy shorter term government maturities or CDs that promise to yield next to nothing for "an extended period of time" or they can move back into the stock market. Most investors know that they can get a higher return in the stock market than in the bond market. But until recently, they were too frightened to risk their money in an economy and a stock market that might roll over at any moment. However, thanks to QE II, commodities (an inflation play) and stocks have been roaring back to life on the heels of progressively positive economic data that promises to just get better and better. So with bond prices down, equity and commodity prices up, and with the Fed on record as wanting the stock market higher and you now have the ingredients guaranteed to entice even the most wary individual back into the stock market. In addition, a steeper higher yield curve is actually good for the traditional players in the bond market - pensions, endowments and insurance companies. These entities receive constant inflows of new cash because of the nature of their businesses. Investing this money in higher long term rates makes it far easier for them to meet their future obligations. It is also great for the banks that borrow short term and lend long term. With higher long term rates, the Fed is betting that even the banks may be attracted to this higher profit spread and reconsider their present stingy policy toward lending. So all in all, the Fed has accomplished a great deal with QE II, contrary to popular opinion. And like Santa Claus, no one actually catches the bearer of this gift even if it is sitting there, big as life, under the tree.
It is becoming clearer by the day that the U.S. is no longer the Big Dog in financial markets. Ten years ago what happened overseas would have little if any impact on U.S. markets. Today most traders won't make a move without first checking overseas markets. Last week, I warned that we were in for at least a 5 percent correction and so far we've pulled back 4.4 percent on the S&P 500 Index. I expect continued choppiness through the holiday shortened week with a bias to the downside. There is a possibility that the markets could overshoot and register as much as 6-7 percent drop. I would buy that dip if it occurs. This correction is a great example of how things have changed. It was countries such as China, Korea and Ireland, not America, which have dictated the turns in our markets. Over the last two weeks (coinciding with the downturn in U.S. markets), the Chinese government had announced new efforts to slow its nation's growth. China fears that its economy is overheating. Inflation is already running at 10 percent and its citizens are actually hoarding all kinds of stuff from foods to gold to lumps of coal. The real estate market is also out of control and continues to rise each month despite the government's best efforts to slow its ascent. The government has threatened to raise interest rates, tighten monetary policy and take even more draconian methods such as selling commodities on the open market by the shiploads if necessary. South Korea raised rates twice in two weeks for the same reason. Since April, (when we experienced a serious market pullback) a number of other foreign countries from Australia to Thailand have done the same thing in an effort to reign in their economies. Markets here have declined in response to these moves because we have now become dependent on these countries for everything from supporting our deficit spending (by buying U.S. Treasury bonds) to the toilet seats in our bathrooms. Many Americans worry that we have traded our economic future for the short-term comforts of cheaper goods, living beyond our means and the "not in my back yard" attitude towards industrial expansion. "The U.S. is rapidly becoming just another Third World power," laments a 90-year-old retired investor who I make a practice of calling every month or so. No, he's not a client, but I find his perspective refreshing and his comments pregnant with wisdom and experience. Normally, you don't hear that kind of comment from someone whose family practically built Pittsfield; who was a hero of World War II, and who came home to become one of the county's pillars of industry. He enumerated all the obvious failings: corrupt politicians, the disappearance of industry, the stratification of classes, our failure to compete educationally and the rampant greed among our captains of industry. "Take a company I won't name that left this area, shipped off jobs and industry to places like Mexico just to get their share price up," he explained. "It practically wiped out this place, and for what? The price is lower now than when they left." Hopefully, my friend is proven wrong and this turns out to be just a rough patch that we here in America are going through. I for one have been hoping that the financial crisis of the last two years would be a wake-up call for all of us from the White House on down. So far the jury is out, but Thanksgiving is coming and despite all of our issues, we here in this country have a lot to be thankful for. Speaking of which, if you know of any families around the county who might need a helping hand during this holiday season, we here at Berkshire Money Management, 392 Merrill Road, Pittsfield, will be giving away 150 turkeys and $20 gift certificates to Wohrle's Foods beginning Monday, Nov. 22, between noon and 4 (as long a supplies last). It's our way of giving back to a community that makes us feel welcome and wanted.
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The first snow of the season brushed Mammoth Thursday, dumping a few inches on the high country and leaving the ground in town white for the first time since June.
It was a welcome sight to snow-starved Mammothites—and they were the "lucky ones" in this storm, receiving the brunt of the moisture compared to other parts of the state—but it's not likely to last, according to the National Weather Service.
"It's likely to continue snowing and raining off and on for some of Friday, then a high pressure ridge will build up beginning Friday and persist into the weekend and into the next week," said Jessica Kielhorn, a meteorologist with the Reno-based National Weather Service.
She predicted one to three inches in the high country above 8,000 feet.
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Sometimes 50% faster, sometimes 50% slower 3D performance with just another window manager WHAT THE ****
Phoronix: Mutter Can Cause A Gaming/OpenGL Performance Hit Too
Last month we looked at the cost of running Compiz by means of looking at how the window manager affected the frame-rate of several different games and whether compositing was used. We also tested out several different drivers and pieces of hardware. When Compiz was running rather than GNOME's Metacity it often caused a measurable drop in the OpenGL performance and then we later found this to be the case too with KDE's KWin. Today we are seeing if and how using Mutter, the window manager for the GNOME 3.0 desktop that uses Clutter-based compositing, will affect the performance of several different open-source games.
Sometimes 50% faster, sometimes 50% slower 3D performance with just another window manager WHAT THE ****
I am using Gnome shell but switch to Metacity when running a 3D app. Too bad when I kill the terminal that switched to Metacity my desktop environment breaks... Wonder why its affecting performance so much, shouldn't only the stuff thats being rendered and used at the moment be using gpu cycles?
Very surprising result in Padman & no compositing - a low-end Intel i3 beating the highest-end R500!
This is either props to Intel or shame to Ati, or maybe both
overall results are not surprising
michael just fails at getting any benchmark right. If you have vsync enabled you get 60fps in a quake3 based game. If you dont you hit the 90fps limit by the engine. Thats why serious benchmarking sites disable the ingame limit and EITHER compare with vsync on or vsync off..
Yeah you posted that twice. How about a reality check so that your ego can have a rest, shall we?
A while back people wanted to know just how much compositing window managers would affect overal performance. Michael posted the results.
Right now Michael came back with Mutter added to the known results with Metacity and Compiz required in current form to compare.
The title was Mutter can cause a performance hit too. This, however, was not a test of whether Mutter would actually cause a performance hit (y/n) but a continuation of previous findings in that Mutter also causes a big difference.
Sure 2D WM draws to a framebuffer directly while with compositing the 2D drivers just update an offscreen part of the framebuffer while the 3D drivers put together these pieces and draw the actual end result. When in fullscreen 3D the compositing WM's can sorta turn themselves 'off', which shows an incredible performance boost.
Get over it, smartass...
try playing heroes of newerth (in windowed mode) on a Nvidia Geforce 7800GTX, with the newest driver and compiz disabled...it will take minutes until you see something and your CPU is working like it has to maintain the GPU things aswell.
if compiz is enabled everything is as it should be...


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