https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28517
--- Comment #23 from Sven Arvidsson sa@whiz.se 2010-08-26 14:09:58 PDT --- Dunno why, but the black screen was caused by libtxc_dxtn, removing it made the problem go away. Anyway, some more observations about the performance problem:
* It's not CPU-related, the game is only using about 60-70% on my system, so shouldn't be a problem.
* If run the game in a window, all other graphics related operations (such as moving windows) slows to a crawl.
* There's no significant difference in performance if I set all video options in the game to their lowest setting.
Another game (from the same developers) that's having the same problem, is Heroes of Newerth. http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/download.php