Benchmark plugin

[mikedee]

Just a quick post about the benchmark plugin.

This plugin measures your fps with a GL based on screen display. I think the plugin is virtually done and will not need any more improvement.

It says Beryl benchmark but I do not mind that so much because they wrote it so they can name it.

Just a quick note on this plugin, as far as I know the actual fps isnt that important as long as it stays above 60. A very high fps will not really appear faster than a 60 fps one (is this true?)

http://www.anykeysoftware.co.uk/compiz/plugins/bench.tar.gz

[DBO]

not entirely true. In the end sync to vblank should be handled by the video card as the internal frame limiter cant really do it. However for sync to vblank to work you need to be able to stay a good 10-20% above your monitors refresh rate (vblank has a performance hit). As well a stable frame rate is more important than a high one. The eye can not tell the difference between 30FPS and 60FPS but it can see a fluttering frame rate much more easily. All tricks that gaming industry has figured out long long ago. The FPS currently also effects timestep to a limited degree, so keep that in mind too.

EDIT - s/limited/limiter

[mikedee]

Thanks for the clarification :)

Interesting how it is all about perception rather than raw speed.