2008/7/4 Garrett D'Amore <gdamore at opensolaris.org>: > Matthew Gardiner wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've got a 32bit P4 3.2 Ghz Dell Dimension desktop; I've noticed the >> performance is incredibly cruddy - to the point that I can't even surf the >> internet without music skipping. >> >> I had a look through the kernel directory - is there any reason why the >> 32bit version doesn't include SSE optimisation (and other things) that could >> help performance? >> > > Yes. Not all 32-bit CPUs support SSE. > > Btw, if you're using OSS, there are a *lot* of rather poor performance > limitations, particularly surrounding the VMIX layer. I hope to fix those > in our version of the code at some point.
I've stopped using OSS, and now use the built in sound card using the native drivers. Even so, there is major performance issues. For example, using Firefox 3.0, there is major lag when scrolling through websites, opening menu's is slow. Switching between applications is slow. It is pretty much slowness over all. Matthew -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/attachments/20080704/b2bdf210/attachment.html>
