In message <20020219002646.VDUI24693.priv-edtnes10-hme0.telusplanet.net@there>,
 sudog writes:
>Yes. As far I was able to find out, we don't do hardware acceleration under X 
>very well. Does anything else using the opengl/direct rendering of your XFree 
>server work at ungodly speeds? How about the gears screensaver? Is that 
>super-fast? Is SDL the ONLY thing slowing OpenGL performance down?

The gears screensaver isn't *fast*, but it's not slow.  GLTron is maybe 2-3
fps; the gears screensaver is probably in the 20-30 range.

It's probably a lack of support for Savage IX hardware in Mesa.

-s