I’m researching some problems with SDL OpenGL and Vista that I’m having.
Specifically, vsync doesn’t seem to work at all in windowed mode, and
doesn’t seem to be working the best in fullscreen either. And the CPU
usage jumps to 26-27% on a Q6600 @ 3GHz, but when I turn vsync off, CPU
usage drops to 1-2%.
Here’s the relevant stats for my development system:
Q6600 CPU @ 3GHz
4 GB RAM
Vista Business 64-bit
Nvidia 9600GT with latest drivers
Vista rating of 5.9
I should add that in Linux (both Mandriva and Kubuntu), the CPU usage
stays low in OpenGL vsync mode, and vsync actually works (nice smooth
updates, no tearing, etc). And the same code runs just as smooth in OSX
as well. I’m not using any advanced OpenGL features at all. Basically
just glTexSubImage2D for a 320x240 window (sometimes scaled larger, but
still only using 320x240 of data).
Does the SDL GL swap interval functionality not work in Vista? Or is it
strictly a Vista issue?? I haven’t tried it in WinXP on this system,
but I don’t recall having the issue with XP on other systems.
So, can anyone offer any advice? Is it an SDL problem, OpenGL, Vista,
my code, etc? Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Sorry for the long email, and thanks in advance for any info you can
provide. Also, I’m not interested in responses saying that Vista is
crap, and to drop back to XP. Like it or not, Vista is here, and it
isn’t going away (although I wish it would). I personally don’t use it,
but quite a few of my end-users do. And I need to fix the issues I’m
having.
Thanks,
SA