On Jan 21 2007 15:37, John Andersen wrote:
>On Sunday 21 January 2007 14:40, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> >2. On my main workstation, glxgears got 10,000 frames/sec with the x86_64
>> >install, and 7,000 frames/sec with the i386 install, a noticeable
>> > difference.
>>
>> I repeat it again: glxgears is *NOT* an appropriate benchmark.
>> And I doubt 3000 frames/sec really make a difference since humans
>> don't notice any improvement above 70 fps.
>
>Its faster in 64 bit. Period. By almost 30%
Oh sorry. I read it as "10000 with i386, 7000 with x64".
>Glxgears is as good a "quick measure" as anything else.
The problem lies therein that graphics drivers may take shortcuts.
Such as writing only changed frames (as in "bitmap you see onscreen")
to the hw, leading to an artificially higher fps rate.
-`J'
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