Andy Ross writes:
>
>Uh oh, we're going in circles again.  Last words, I promise. :)

OK me too but ....

Win2k pIII 733 gForce2 fastest NVIDIA reference drivers available 
for my machine,  and I do test them all as they are released

startup location brakes on no hud no panel

windowed mode 56 fps < full screen size window >
game mode 71 fps        < no window dressing >

a 25% improvement in framerate !!

This is due, I am sure, for the most part because the graphics card 
does not need to switch in and out of gl accelerated mode inorder 
to draw the window dressing < frame menu bar status bar ect >

I do not have a linux box to play with but I am almost willing
to bet that a full screen undecorated window would have a
somewhat similar speedup under X compared to drawing in
a 'X' decorated window, if  that would keep the gfx card in gl 
accelerated mode

ie a "FullScreen OpenGL Surface"

OK - I'll shutup now too :-)

Cheers

Norman

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