[SDL] Bad performance

[Jason Hawsey]

I am running the test code sample testpallete.c that comes with the SDL 1.2.7 source code.  I compiled it on a debian 733 MHz with an ATI AGP 128 Pro graphics card but using the vesa driver and I only got about 25 fps.  I ran it on a Windows 2000 750 MHz laptop with an integrated SIS graphics card and I got about 45 fps.  Both machines are PIIIs.
 
First, why so slow on both of them and secondly why did the windows machine vastly outperform the linux box with only a slight difference in processing power?

I know both machines are slow compared to today's standards but I have specific business reasons for using older hardware.  And anyways, 2 or 3 years ago people were running great games on this type of hardware and I can't even run the sample code that comes with SDL.  What could be my problem????
 
Thanks in advance for your help and I already appreciate the many times that I have had questions answered by this mailing list's previous postings.


Jason Hawsey
		
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