Performance regression with last R300 Gallium3D update ?

[didli]

Hi everyone !
I experienced some serious performance regression with last gallium R300 update, and just want to know if it's a known behaviour or a new problem of mine ...
Some info :
5.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R420 JJ [Radeon X800SE]
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2800+
cpu MHz : 2132.932
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) MP
cpu MHz : 2132.932
X.Org version: 1.7.6
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
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OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel
Linux 2.6.32-24-generic
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Glxgears two months ago :
23-06-10
4376 frames in 5.0 seconds = 875.194 FPS
4505 frames in 5.0 seconds = 900.895 FPS
3339 frames in 5.0 seconds = 666.853 FPS
4317 frames in 5.0 seconds = 863.249 FPS
4525 frames in 5.0 seconds = 904.873 FPS

Glxgears yesterday :
30-08-10
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.722 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.645 FPS
303 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.459 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.135 FPS
302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.268 FPS
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Offtopic : if a gallium dev team member read this ...
It had been YEARS i couldn't play anymore with Ubuntu+wine. But when i first tried gallium r300 drivers a few months ago, i was then able to run a few old games (flatout2, t.raider legend etc) and i am very happy to do so !
So thank you Gallium3D team ! Thanks for your work ! Amazing !

[kfgz]

It is not a performance drop. R300g now uses vsync by default so fps cannot be greater than monitor's vertical refresh rate. You can override this by putting

export vblank_mode=0

in /etc/profile

[nanonyme]

glxgears is not a benchmark

[whizse]

OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel

You're using softpipe, so no hardware acceleration.

[didli]

glxgears is not a benchmark

Yeah, but truth is, as I tried to play one of the game I mentionned, I was unable to do so when i get the results i showed here. Now i made some changes and everything seems fine again :
5.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R420 JJ [Radeon X800SE]
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2800+
cpu MHz : 2133.323
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) MP
cpu MHz : 2133.323
X.Org version: 1.8.2
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
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OpenGL vendor string: DRI R300 Project
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R300 (R420 4A4A) 20090101 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE TCL DRI2
OpenGL version string: 1.5 Mesa 7.9-devel
Linux 2.6.32-24-generic
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Thanks everyone for your kind answers

[whizse]

OpenGL vendor string: DRI R300 Project
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R300 (R420 4A4A) 20090101 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE TCL DRI2
OpenGL version string: 1.5 Mesa 7.9-devel

Now you're using r300c, not the Gallium3D driver...

[mcslave]

hi everyone,

Didli, may I ask you to write what you have changed for everything is fine again, because I have the same problem and the same drivers :

lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M66-P [Mobility Radeon X1700]

glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
OpenGL extensions:

thanks,

[whizse]

Try LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose and run a simple GL app (like glxgears). It should hopefully tell you why you're getting software rendering.

[mcslave]

Hi Whizse,

I tried LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose

set | grep LIBGL_DEBUG
LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose

glxgears
724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 144.623 FPS
712 frames in 5.0 seconds = 142.231 FPS
728 frames in 5.0 seconds = 145.529 FPS

glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"
direct rendering: Yes

Maybe I have to remove gallium to reinstall DRI R300, like Didli has done but I wonder how to do easily...

[whizse]

Hi Whizse,

I tried LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose

set | grep LIBGL_DEBUG
LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose

glxgears
724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 144.623 FPS
712 frames in 5.0 seconds = 142.231 FPS
728 frames in 5.0 seconds = 145.529 FPS

glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"
direct rendering: Yes

Maybe I have to remove gallium to reinstall DRI R300, like Didli has done but I wonder how to do easily...

You should get something like:

libGL: OpenDriver: trying /home/sa/Temp/mesa/lib/dri/r300_dri.so

Telling you where the driver is loaded from, and maybe why it's not working.