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Re: Performance with optirun lower than without

 

Hello Michael,

I've just added an entry to the FAQ (http://wiki.bumblebee-project/FAQ) in
regard with
the difference in glxgears vs optirun glxgears. Also, you're cheating right
now with
vblank_mode=0

Regards,
Lekensteyn

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Michael Wagner <michael.wagner@xxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using Bumblebee 3.0 on following Hardware:
>
> baseboard-manufacturer: Acer
> baseboard-product-name: BA41_HS
> baseboard-version     : Base Board Version
> system-manufacturer   : Acer
> system-product-name   : TravelMate 8481TG
> system-version        : V2.06
> bios-vendor           : Acer
> bios-version          : V2.06
> bios-release-date     : 10/28/2011
>
> with Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)
>
> My issue is, that the performance without optirun is much higher that with
> optirun:
>
> misko@hitchhiker:~$ optirun glxgears
> 2357 frames in 5.0 seconds = 471.310 FPS
> 3018 frames in 5.0 seconds = 603.316 FPS
> 2442 frames in 5.0 seconds = 488.380 FPS
> 2297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 459.282 FPS
>
> misko@hitchhiker:~$ vblank_mode=0 glxgears
> ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overridden by environment.
> ATTENTION: default value of option vblank_mode overridden by environment.
> 7418 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1483.596 FPS
> 8330 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1665.990 FPS
> 8461 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1692.019 FPS
>
> The output from bublebee-bugreport is attached. Please let me know if some
> info is missing.
>
> Br,
> misko
>
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