Thread: Unity 3D poor performance, especially with multiple montiors

despite initial negative reaction unity interface, wanted give fair chance , use week or more. i've learned appreciate lots of new features , great use of screen real estate. i'm impressed power of quick lists, lenses, , gnome-do-esque ability of dash. far the layout , usability of unity, more gnome shell. sadly, i'm in end it's poor performance steers me away , gnome fallback.

i've tried on old netbooks , new machines, , seems suffer choppy window dragging, compiz effects scale work poorly, etc. running benchmark compiz plugin, can see framerate cut in half enabling unity plugin. why heavy? i've seen complex 3d games running @ better framerates. graphically, unity looks simple me don't see causes perform poorly.

i've tried unity 5.x staging ppa , performs better still nothing gnome fallback or gnome 2.x earlier ubuntus. in gnome classic, compiz effects , window dragging buttery smooth , feels less bogged down. if have same or similar performance in unity stick it.

there anyway improve unity performance? i've tried usual compiz tricks of disabling vsync, forced refresh rates, etc. still lags.

machine specs:
acer 1830t
intel i7 680um (2.5ghz max)
8 gb pc3-12800
intel 3000 hd graphics

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