compiz refresh rate keeps resetting itself to 50

[Gnobody]

My compiz refresh rate keeps resetting itself to 50 after a reboot, this causes visibly choppiness especially in games.

[Gnobody]

My compiz refresh rate keeps resetting itself to 50 after a reboot, this causes visibly choppiness especially in games.

I'm trying to employ my own work around by using a startup script

gsettings set org.compiz.profile:/unity/plugins/composite refresh-rate 200

which isn't working I have to either make the change in dconf-editor or compiz config settings manager.

[Gnobody]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1027868 I've followed a work around mentioned in the report by a fellow user but this a major bug that shouldn't have made it into the final release. How are new users supposed to game on this OS if the performance is choppy by default?

[dino99]

well, you need to pay attention to:
- the kernel itself : how fast can he handle rates ? Do you use the "rt" kernel ?
- the graphic system (card/chipset) : how high can you push rates ? (see docs)
- and finally for displaying: is your LCD/screen able to handle high rates ? with which definitions ?

Glancing at dmidecode outputs might help.

note: compiz itself is only maintaining the "critical" issues, as that project is deeply redefined/rewritten with qt/been replaced by mir/unity-next in the near future release

[bird1500]

- Gee, the kernel doesn't need "rt" to handle rates > 50
- almost every card can handle this, if the OP reported this I'm sure he's not running legacy hw.
- LCDs are designed around 60 FPS, regardless the graphics driver should have a setting for that, e.g. for benchmarking purposes.

[Gnobody]

This issue is a regression, it wasn't an issue in 12.10 because Compiz could detect the refresh rate. AFAIK 50Hz is a legacy PAL standard that isn't even used in Europe anymore so this default setting makes no sense whatsoever.