Bad performance

[Don Bowman]

From: sebastian ssmoller [mailto:sebastian.ssmoller at gmx.net]
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> 
> i turned of acpi on startup an voila :) : gdm starts two 
> times faster as
> before (!) (30s -> 15-17s)
> 
> can anyone explain me why, pls ?

I wonder how hot your processor is? perhaps ACPI is throttling
the clock back, either duty cycle or frequency.
In your bios you can set the power mode, perhaps you 
can set 'full power always'.

lmmon might show something.