this test was performed on an amd k6-2 450 with 128 mb of ram.
in ~/.blackboxrc, the session.cachLife was set to 0, while
session.cacheMax was set to 20.
the style i was using utilized only flat textures, no raised or sunked
bevels (i'm not sure if this would make a difference, i should've tested
it).
blackbox build #1: fully-styled window frames enabled
startx > gnp > transparent aterm running top
12050 root 10 0 47304 46M 1900 R 0 1.9 36.8 0:03 X
12059 zork 1 0 1520 1520 1112 S 0 0.1 1.1 0:01 blackbox
maximize aterm
12050 root 15 0 60488 59M 1900 R 0 3.3 47.1 0:06 X
12059 zork 0 0 1660 1660 1112 S 0 0.1 1.2 0:01 blackbox
unmaximize aterm
12050 root 19 0 47360 46M 1900 R 0 0.9 36.9 0:09 X
12059 zork 1 0 1660 1660 1112 S 0 0.1 1.2 0:02 blackbox
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blackbox build #2: fully-styled window frames DISabled
startx > gnp > trans aterm with top
13930 root 10 0 41628 40M 1900 R 0 2.3 32.4 0:03 X
13939 zork 1 0 1524 1524 1116 S 0 0.1 1.1 0:00 blackbox
maximize aterm
13930 root 16 0 46168 45M 1900 R 0 0.9 35.9 0:06 X
13939 zork 0 0 1668 1668 1116 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 blackbox
unmaximize aterm
13930 root 10 0 41664 40M 1900 R 0 0.7 32.4 0:08 X
13939 zork 1 0 1668 1668 1116 S 0 0.7 1.2 0:00 blackbox
there you have it. pretty drastic, imo.
in addition, i've noticed that maximizing and resizing windows is much
faster without the fancy window frames.
since stylized window frames are barely noticeable anyway, and given the
definate performance boost without them, i think they should be turned
off by default. imo.
cthulhain
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