Anyone else think X has a performance problem ?

[Alan Cox]

> regardless the difference between X and no X in each version/hardware is 
> astounding! what are the reasons for this, your not telling me that X is 
> chewing up that much cpu cycles to turn a 1minute 40sec operation into a 
> 4minute 53sec one?

Why do you assume this has anything to do with CPU cycles and not
graphics performance ?

> i think this merits much further analysis!

Feel free, but you need to do it in a disciplined repeatable one change
at a time fashion.

Alan