X11 performance in Joyride 2373 vs 712

[Sayamindu Dasgupta]

Hi all,
I noticed a few messages on the list about possible X11 performance
issues, and I ran a small tool called gtkperf on update.1 and joyride:
here are the results

Build 712, on a B4
GtkPerf 0.40 - Starting testing: Wed Sep  3 21:40:26 2008

GtkDrawingArea - Lines - time:  8.38
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Total time:  8.38

GtkPerf 0.40 - Starting testing: Wed Sep  3 21:41:49 2008

GtkEntry - time:  0.51
GtkComboBox - time: 15.87
GtkComboBoxEntry - time: 14.29
GtkSpinButton - time:  2.55
GtkProgressBar - time:  1.97
GtkToggleButton - time:  5.30
GtkCheckButton - time:  4.32
GtkRadioButton - time:  6.69
GtkTextView - Add text - time: 11.77
GtkTextView - Scroll - time:  0.32
GtkDrawingArea - Lines - time:  7.84
GtkDrawingArea - Circles - time:  8.44
GtkDrawingArea - Text - time: 10.83
GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs - time:  0.30
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Total time: 91.03


Build joyride 2373 on a G1G1 machine
GtkPerf 0.40 - Starting testing: Wed Sep  3 22:20:31 2008

GtkEntry - time:  0.49
GtkComboBox - time: 15.22
GtkComboBoxEntry - time: 14.96
GtkSpinButton - time:  2.84
GtkProgressBar - time:  1.43
GtkToggleButton - time:  5.07
GtkCheckButton - time:  4.47
GtkRadioButton - time:  7.29
GtkTextView - Add text - time: 14.37
GtkTextView - Scroll - time:  0.83
GtkDrawingArea - Lines - time: 11.99
GtkDrawingArea - Circles - time: 15.85
GtkDrawingArea - Text - time: 26.49
GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs - time:  0.70
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Total time: 122.06


There seems to be some major differences in the GtkDrawingArea
performance - maybe that, coupled with the enhanced touchpad event
reporting is causing the paint issues ?

Btw, ignore the GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs readings - I realized that
the pixbuf to be displayed was not in the XO.

Thanks,
Sayamindu


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Sayamindu Dasgupta
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