xf86-video-intel low glxgears, non-existent OpenGL performance, and general WTF

[Weedy]

SETUP

[I] x11-base/xorg-server (1.5.3-r2 at 11/02/09): X.Org X servers
[I] x11-base/xorg-x11 (7.4 at 11/02/09): An X11 implementation maintained
by the X.Org Foundation (meta package)
[I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel (2.6.1 at 11/02/09): X.Org driver for
Intel cards
[I] media-libs/mesa (7.3 at 11/02/09): OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux
[I] x11-apps/mesa-progs (7.3 at 11/02/09): Mesa's OpenGL utility and demo
[I] x11-libs/libdrm (2.4.4 at 11/02/09): X.Org libdrm library
[I] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources (2.6.28-r1(2.6.28-r1)@12/02/09): Full
sources including the Gentoo patchset for the 2.6 kernel tree

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "intel"
    Driver       "intel"
    VendorName   "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName    "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME Express
Integrated Graphics Controller"
    VideoRAM     16384

#   # Acceleration options
    Option      "FramebufferCompression" "true"
    Option      "Tiling"                "true"
    Option      "DRI"                   "true"
    Option      "XVideo"                "true"
    Option      "Legacy3D"              "false"
    Option      "TripleBuffer"          "false"
    Option      "AccelMethod"           "UXA" # XAA, EXA, UXA
    Option      "XvMC"                  "false"

    # Other options
    Option    "BackingStore"           "true"
    Option    "PageFlip"               "true"
EndSection

Questions:

So glxgears runs at 62fps, and I think I saw something about it's now
locked to vsync. So that's fine I guess. But that doesn't explain why
WoW runs like crap. OpenGL is non existent, either X doesn't update the
screen or it's renders tons of crap (this is with WoW). I have tried
every version of wine/WoW that I could confirm working (on ATI/Nvidia)
so I'm pretty sure that leaves the intel driver or X.

Other then that compositing and junk works fine, some stuttering but
nothing really annoying. Mind you mplayer hates it when I have
compositing on, but xv is the only video output driver that works well
with 720p and up. But I guess they don't need the horse power that games
do.