Compiz and 3D gaming

[uv]

Howdy

I've been using Ubuntu for a short while now, and decided to play with compiz-fusion. looks great, I like the emerald themes and I love the win>tab app switcher.

The only problem is, When I try and run a game (Urban Terror), the proverbial hits the fan as my window effects and the game seem to fight for focus. when I disable all fancy desktop effects, I can play 3d games just fine.

This is on an X1950pro, Hardy alpha6, default graphics drivers.

Is their any way to get compiz to play nicely with 3d games?

Cheers!

 

[uv]

I had a similar experience with Beryl on PLCOS, and with compiz on Mint Daryna, so i don't think it's due to the alpha-ness :/

Surely other people have noticed that compiz doesn't play nicely with 3D games?

 

[uv]

i think it's just a general problem with compiz for everybody at this point, install fusion-icon if you haven't already then it's an easy click to enable/disable CF at will.

you'd be much better off with the 8.3 prop ATI drivers also, compiz runs a lot better.

cheers, will look into the compiz toggle.

tbh, I reinstalled twice yesterday, and I can't remeber if I'm using the 8.3's from the ati site or not.. I'll check later