yesterday i also recognized big performance differences with java programms when using "EXA" with an older celeron and ati RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]. Gtkperf performance is practically identical with EXA/XAA but java programs make a big difference (tvbrowser, netbeans). I use intrepid xserver and ati drivers.
Reverting to XAA made java programs useable again:
yesterday i also recognized big performance differences with java programms when using "EXA" with an older celeron and ati RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]. Gtkperf performance is practically identical with EXA/XAA but java programs make a big difference (tvbrowser, netbeans). I use intrepid xserver and ati drivers.
Reverting to XAA made java programs useable again:
Architecture: i386
Source: sun-java6
Version: 6-10-0ubuntu2
Package: xserver- xorg-video- ati git20081003. f9826a56- 0ubuntu2
Version: 1:6.9.0+
Architecture: i386
Source: xorg-server
Version: 2:1.5.2-2ubuntu1