Compiz Standalone, annoying screen flicker with OpenGL apps

I am using the Nvidia proprietary drivers.
Whenever I'm running an OpenGL app, such as virtualbox, and I try to change viewports, the screen goes black for an entire second or two.
Help?

Bump.
I have tried every combination of --indirect-rendering, --loose-binding, SynctoVBlank, etc that I could think of.
I'm guessing there is some misconfiguration of my nvidia driver or X.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Keyboard Defaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
#Option "DPMS" "False"
#Option "DPI" "89x89"
HorizSync 30.0-130.0
VertRefresh 50.0-100.0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
#Option "ConnectToAcpid" "False"
Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
#Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
#Option "FPScale" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPTweak" # <i>
#Option "DualHead" # [<bool>]
Option "Coolbits" "1"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
#Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "BackingStore" "True"
#Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "always"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8300 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

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