Compiz, moving windows not smooth

Hello
I've runned in to a little enoying problem, when moving windows on my desktop while compiz is activated the animations isn't too smooth, nothing extreme but not perfect. But when enabling the compiz Benchmark they're smooth, It feels like compiz isn't refreshing often enough when the benchmark isn't enabled.
Is there a setting to change the update interval for compiz somewhere? Anyone who have encountered the same issue?
Thanks
// Lazze

Hello again
I've just found out how to make compiz a bit more smooth and I thought it would be best to post it here if someone else encounters the same issue.
To make compiz more smooth just do:
Open CompizConfig Settings Manager.
Go to General Option and the the Display Settings tab.
Uncheck the Detect Refresh Rate checkbox and move the Refresh Rate slider to max.
Moving it to max may increase the usage of your gpu since it will render the screen more often, lower the Refresh Rate a bit if it seems too high.
// Lasse

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