7.12: periodic slowdowns in quake 3

[jimik]

every few minutes i get very low framerate for 1 or two seconds, not with 8.40.4 using the same config (quake3 and xorg). hw is a 9800pro, kernel is 2.6.22 (debian etch bpo).
does anyone else notice this and is there a solution?

[Dragonix]

What I've noticed:
8.40.4:
-quake3-bin: ~317
-io-quake3 (icculus): ~379
7.12:
-quake3-bin: ~250
-io-quake3 (icculus): ~250
On a X1950Pro PCI-Express
It's a little bit strange, isn't it? Same config of course...
Despite that, it's smooth. Other games (ET:QW) are faster with 7.12, however, I didn't bench...

[jimik]

8.40.4: (%)
~293 quake3 (100)
~319 ioquake3 (109) +9

7.12:
~227 quake3 (77) -23 !!!
~272 ioquake3 (92) -8

same here, maybe only the newer hw gains perfomance!?

[ivanovic]

Maybe you just have vync active?

[jimik]

nope, vsync is off