intel graphics driver slow (was: slightly OT - X performance benchmark)

[David L]

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>> Personally I find that gtkperf is useful although not an exact science.
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> Here's my gtkperf output with the intel driver on my Intel 82865G:
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> Total time: 87.74

> Same computer using the vesa driver:
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> Total time:  9.42
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FYI, I filed this bug report since this system is at least 10x
slower than it should be wrt graphics performance:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504048

Thanks,

                    David