Re: Scrolling performance

[Roo <oscosc gmail com>]

On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:38:04 +0100, John Cupitt wrote:

> On 7/6/06, Michael Ekstrand <mekstran scl ameslab gov> wrote:
>> > I'm seeing these issues, and I'm fed up of them not being fixed. I'd
>> > like
>> > to know what tools the GTK developers use for measuring performance
>> > changes, and how I can cut out Cairo in order to get a grip on
>> > exactly what is going on.
>>
>> Are you using the GTK default theme?  I'd try cutting any non-default
>> themes out first.  And it looks like Cairo can't be removed, for better
>> or worse.
> 
> Also, to repeat something from earlier in this thread, it sounds as if
> there might be an undesirable interaction between the nvidia accelerated
> driver and gtk's double buffering strategy. You could also try another
> driver and see how gtk performance is affected.

I don't use an NVIDIA card. It's a Matrox G550.