On Saturday 07 June 2008, NoOp wrote:
> On 06/06/2008 12:18 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote:
> IMO this is a huge regression with regards to startup speed, cpu usage,
> video selection etc., compared to 1.5.6.
>
> I'll spend a few days comparing, but I have 2 nearly identical systems
> (same CPU/MB, same video, memory - is less on the 1.5.6, same guest
> setup (Win2KPro)), etc. I just 'upgraded' one to 1.6.2. The systems are
> side-by-side so it's easy to compare. The 1.6.2 takes _at least_ a full
> minute longer to start than the 1.5.6, the screen options on the 1.5.6

Which guest? Which hardware? Please open a bug report and append all
information there, especially the VBox.log file.

> for True Color 32 bit go from 640x480 to 1400x1050, the 1.6.2 starts at
> 640x480 and only goes to 1016x648 in 32 bit. In addition, 1.6.2 cranks

See the user manual section 9.12.

> up the cpu to over 90% during startup - fans turn on, system bogs down,
> etc., etc.
> Again, nearly identical hardware (1.5.6 system only has 768MB RAM vs 1GB
> on the 1.6.2 machine), identical software/OS, identical guest data, and
> the only program running outside of VB on both when tested was a
> terminal window running top.

See above.

Kind regards,

Frank
-- 
Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert    Sun Microsystems    http://www.sun.com/

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