why is Flight Gear so slow?

Thu Jan 20 20:30:12 UTC 2005

> The meaning is the same (they're always frames per second), but the numbers
> change dramatically between a little demo in a 200x200 window (like glxgears)
> and a fullscreen, full-action 3d scene.
> 
> The purpose of glxgears it exactly that: a tiny benchmarking tool, which shows
> simple and repeatable measurements.

Ahhh, okay okaY. I ran glxgears, and it indicated about 830 FPS, about
20 times more than what I get with FG in near to full screen
resolution...

Vince