Found a really effective way to speed up frame rate

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Disable Compiz/Beryl!

Yeah, I know you might be thinking "well DUH!", but I gotta say, this was much more effective a way of speeding up the frame rate than I thought it would have been. I play many games in Linux, a lot of Quake 3-based stuff and even things like Doom 3/Quake 4, but I've never seen quite such a difference in before and after as I saw with Penumbra. I've never bothered to disable Beryl prior to running a game because the frame rate gained was insignificant, but this one is vital, and finally matches what I saw with the Windows demo.

Maybe the reason there's such a difference is because Penumbra's the most graphically advanced game to date in Linux? I dunno. Just thought I'd share the observation. Also helped alleviate a small number of audio issues at the same time.