Re: Snappy GUI response

> I'm a bit confused. The way I read your comment, you're implying that
> some people do see snappy performance with accelerated X setups.

Try DirectFB for one. Also apps which dont do render/compositing.

> > drivers for "dma block from screen to ram" or "dma block from screen
> > to agp space" both of which would make unaccelerated render way way
> > faster
> 
> I don't see how this is relevant. IMO, the responsiveness problems of
> X11 predate AGP. Can you point to a PCI platform where display
> performance is comperable on X11 and Windows?

Its very relevant. Compositing is a key operation in a modern GUI

> tried to make it fast, but I can't find any reference which says that
> was the primary goal of the system.

My reference is some of the original X11 authors and their papers