XGL/Compiz on Xfce?

Hi!
I think it could be nice to play a little witj XGL/Compiz on Xfce, but how do I do?
I have a Intel graphics card... The guide on the Wiki don't seems to work right

what options would you recommend for intel cards? cause i tried it on my intel laptop and it was slow, maybe that was the problem.  thanks for any help
pauldonnelly wrote:
karsten wrote:you don't have to, the script takes the 3rd choice automatically, being neither nvidia nor ati. just run it and it will work fine.
The only thing that command line option affects are the -accel options that are given to Xgl. Ati cards and Nvidia cards work best with different ones. Intel cards don't actually work at all with those options (which means slightly slow rendering), so putting your chipset there should have no effect at all.

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