[Intel-gfx] i915GM 2D+3D intel driver regression

[Sergio Monteiro Basto]

On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 21:48 +0200, Marc Deop i Argemí wrote: 
> On Friday April 30 2010 22:56:12 Clemens Eisserer wrote:
> > And although so much has changed, I still
> > - Can't scroll through my gmail inbox "fluently", not with firefox
> > nore with Opera
> > - Can't play even simple OpenGL games at 1280x800
> > - Still have to disable Composition because it dramatically slows down
> > window-resize performance.
> > 
> > So yep, it still sucks. However it doesn't crash every 2 hours as it
> > did with intel-2.7/2.8.
> 
> I see I'm not the only one with this really bad performance. I thought it was 
> my system which was buggy or somethings :S
> 
> My experience with an intel 945GM on linux has been *TERRIBLE*. I was even 
> thinkig to switch back to Windows for some time (in fact, I even got to 
> install Windows 7 although it didn't last long...).
> 
> However, I must thank the devs an intel because I feel they are headed in the 
> right direction. Even though the performance is still terrible, I see that 
> there are improvements with every driver release and kernel update.
> 
> I hope I'll get a really usable driver in short :)

If you use intel-drv shipped on distros, should have problems , do you
use ubuntu ?

I got a desktop with 945GM , don't have performance problems , neither
locks or crashes .



-- 
Sérgio M. B.
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