[Project] Improve Leo Driver Performance - Share your knowledge

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Hi Leo users,

As seen before on the MSM-72XX platform, HTC once again denied us of a fully working 3D graphics driver from Qualcomm. Why? I know it was a patent issue on the MSM720X chipset based devices.

It doesn't matter anyway, since it doesn't help us getting the Leo work the way it should.

Now, some users are already looking into this issue, and i'd like to combine all efforts in one thread, to make it a centralized discussion.

As with the MSM-based driverpack, there WILL be a driverpack for QSD-based devices, made by me, or others. However, it'll take a while, since I'm not able to test it myself. The MSM driver team only has 2 members with a Leo, so i'm depending on them to do my testing for me.

To set the tone of this discussion, look at this benchmark comparison, made on 15-11-2009.

Let the discussion begin!
Oh and a small p.s.: Please keep it on topic, posts like "OMG!!1! It's so slow!" are pretty useless. Thanks.

News
There's alot of interest in improving the graphics performance on the HD2. Chainfire is working on a fix already. Very good news.

You can find the patch here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=592663

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wow...Neo is back for the Leo...AWESOME.

I know my HD was twice as quick after installing your drivers...can't wait for the final version of the driverpack.

Well, I'll repeat my question from the other thread: has anyone looked at what drivers are shipped with an Acer neoTouch, and does that tell us anything useful about what's going on with the HD2?

did you sign the last petition on MSM drivers to HTC? HTC seems least bothered about that. It seems we have to work out something ourselves. Let's get it work.

Originally Posted by Shasarak

Well, I'll repeat my question from the other thread: has anyone looked at what drivers are shipped with an Acer neoTouch, and does that tell us anything useful about what's going on with the HD2?

I haven't gotten my hands on them yet. So if someone wishes to share, please do.

Originally Posted by corepda

did you sign the last petition on MSM drivers to HTC? HTC seems least bothered about that. It seems we have to work out something ourselves. Let's get it work.

Petitions towards HTC don't work. The past proves that. We will have to do it ourselves. (again)

I'll wait before buying my HD2...
Thank you Neo !

Another question: can we say anything useful about the state of 2D video drivers on Leo? I'm a bit concerned at the suggestion that one needs to run CorePlayer in GDI mode. If CorePlayer's QTV overlay mode doesn't work on Snapdragon that's not necessarily surprising - different GPU, after all - but if it can't use DirectDraw either, does that suggest a problem with 2D driver support?