Same here with intel ivybridge. If unredirect fullscreen windows is enabled you *will* get video tearing unless the application is smart enough to pageflip on its own, due to a limitation with the intel hardware/drivers.
With modern intel hardware (sandybridge+;With 945gm both legacy vsync or page-flipping should work to eliminate tearing), its not possible to get tear-free output unless you are using a page-flipping compositor (like compiz). If you bypass compiz you rely on the application to properly pageflip. I tested this compiz build on ivybridge and got tearing: In totem fullscreen In firefox with flash 11.2 fullscreen In VLC with openGL output enabled I didn't get tearing: In google chrome with pepper flash 11.5, with pepper flash opengl rendering enabled in about:flags. Enabling this by default for intel users will create tearing issues for a lot of people. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1063690 Title: Unredirect fullscreen windows should be the default for optimal performance To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1063690/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
