Ubuntu
gnome-system-monitor package

gnome-system-monitor Resources tab CPU usage is unacceptable - disable fancy graphs?

Bug #230022 reported by Jakob Unterwurzacher on 2008-05-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #187383: System monitor causes Xorg to consume 100% CPU. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor

Even after the fix from Bug #187383, gnome-system-monitor's Resources tab is *unusable* for CPU monitoring because it loads the CPU significantly with graph drawing alone.
On an Athlon XP 2500+, graph drawing (fullscreen window) takes 90% of the CPU ( http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14431401/Fullscreen_systemmonitor_with_fix.png ).
At a normal window size, it takes 30% ( http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14431521/Normal_sized_systemmonitor_with_fix.png ).
On a Core 2 Duo, it takes 15% per-core (fullscreen, though) ( http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14403113/gsm-hardy-proposed.png ).
These screenshots were taken from Bug #187383, also see the last comments there for more info.

Functionality should take precedence over eye candy.
There should be an option to disable smooth scrolling (or bsplines or both) or it should become less CPU-intensive.