KDE Desktop Effects Ubuntu 12.04
Testing different KDE 4.8 KWin settings from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS looking at the impact on the OpenGL gaming performance. Testing from an Intel Sandy Bridge laptop with stock Ubuntu 12.04 Intel Linux drivers. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com.


KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

KDE - XRender Compositing: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.2, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


ETXreaL 0.3.0-20111110
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock ... 34.37 |=====================================
KDE - XRender Compositing ........ 31.97 |==================================
KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On . 24.97 |===========================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock ... 31.18 |==================================
KDE - XRender Compositing ........ 32.40 |===================================
KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On . 34.26 |=====================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock ... 97.83  |===============================
KDE - XRender Compositing ........ 98.87  |===============================
KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On . 114.70 |====================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock ... 22.37 |===================================
KDE - XRender Compositing ........ 22.37 |===================================
KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On . 23.70 |=====================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock ... 91.13  |===============================
KDE - XRender Compositing ........ 93.47  |================================
KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On . 106.60 |====================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock ... 42.93 |================================
KDE - XRender Compositing ........ 44.00 |=================================
KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On . 49.13 |=====================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock ... 68.74 |================================
KDE - XRender Compositing ........ 70.81 |=================================
KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On . 79.02 |=====================================