Desktop effects slow monitor performance

[Isak Enström]

On 2011-03-22 09:35, Georgi Kourtev wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I post few times here with issue related to enabled effects and the refresh
> rate of the screen (the latter being really bad while th effects are on). This
> I have on three machines with rather really new hardware (all with 10.10, KDE
> 4.6.1).
>
> Some people here suggested ides but none of them worked.  Meanwhile I found
> this:
>
> http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3099721.0
>
> Before I give a try, can anyone share what is the difference of using OpenGL
> and Xrender? Would it be advisable to follow the suggested by this post, or
> the solution is elsewhere?  As usual -- any ideas are appreciated!
> gk
>
What hardware are you on?

The way I understand it, Xrender isn't utilizing your hardware to draw 
the effects - it's "software accelerated".

Have you tried another window manager e.g. Compiz? I've had problems 
myself with Kwin + Radeon X600 + Kubuntu, but switching to Compiz gave 
me a little performance boost. Funnily enough things are working much 
better with other distros, it seems to be the *buntu base that have 
problems.

I know this isn't the answer you want, but it will help you narrowing 
down your problem.

-- 
Isak

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