diff -up compiz-0.8.2/include/compiz-core.h.flip compiz-0.8.2/include/compiz-core.h
--- compiz-0.8.2/include/compiz-core.h.flip	2009-07-31 13:00:46.120940112 -0400
+++ compiz-0.8.2/include/compiz-core.h	2009-07-31 13:00:57.625815409 -0400
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ extern Bool       useCow;
 extern Bool       noDetection;
 extern Bool	  useDesktopHints;
 extern Bool       onlyCurrentScreen;
+extern Bool       noWait;
+extern Bool       alwaysSwap;
 
 extern char	**initialPlugins;
 extern int 	nInitialPlugins;
diff -up compiz-0.8.2/src/display.c.flip compiz-0.8.2/src/display.c
--- compiz-0.8.2/src/display.c.flip	2009-07-31 13:00:46.121940240 -0400
+++ compiz-0.8.2/src/display.c	2009-07-31 13:00:57.627815245 -0400
@@ -1488,6 +1488,9 @@ eventLoop (void)
 						      s->idle ? s->redrawTime :
 						      timeDiff);
 
+			if (alwaysSwap == TRUE)
+			    damageScreen (s);
+
 			/* substract top most overlay window region */
 			if (s->overlayWindowCount)
 			{
@@ -1547,9 +1550,11 @@ eventLoop (void)
 			targetScreen = NULL;
 			targetOutput = &s->outputDev[0];
 
-			waitForVideoSync (s);
+			if (!noWait)
+			    waitForVideoSync (s);
 
-			if (mask & COMP_SCREEN_DAMAGE_ALL_MASK)
+			if ((mask & COMP_SCREEN_DAMAGE_ALL_MASK) ||
+			    (alwaysSwap == TRUE))
 			{
 			    glXSwapBuffers (d->display, s->output);
 			}
diff -up compiz-0.8.2/src/main.c.flip compiz-0.8.2/src/main.c
--- compiz-0.8.2/src/main.c.flip	2009-07-31 13:00:46.122940228 -0400
+++ compiz-0.8.2/src/main.c	2009-07-31 13:00:57.628820890 -0400
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ Bool noDetection = FALSE;
 Bool useDesktopHints = FALSE;
 Bool onlyCurrentScreen = FALSE;
 static Bool debugOutput = FALSE;
+Bool noWait = FALSE;
+Bool alwaysSwap = FALSE;
 
 #ifdef USE_COW
 Bool useCow = TRUE;
@@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ usage (void)
 	    "[--replace]\n       "
 	    "[--sm-disable] "
 	    "[--sm-client-id ID] "
-	    "[--only-current-screen]\n      "
+	    "[--only-current-screen] "
+ 	    "[--no-wait]\n       "
+ 	    "[--always-swap] "
 
 #ifdef USE_COW
 	    " [--use-root-window] "
@@ -376,6 +380,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	    if (i + 1 < argc)
 		backgroundImage = argv[++i];
 	}
+	else if (!strcmp (argv[i], "--no-wait"))
+	{
+	    noWait = TRUE;
+	}
+	else if (!strcmp (argv[i], "--always-swap"))
+	{
+	    alwaysSwap = TRUE;
+	}
 	else if (*argv[i] == '-')
 	{
 	    compLogMessage ("core", CompLogLevelWarn,
diff -up compiz-0.8.2/src/screen.c.flip compiz-0.8.2/src/screen.c
--- compiz-0.8.2/src/screen.c.flip	2009-02-15 14:26:28.000000000 -0500
+++ compiz-0.8.2/src/screen.c	2009-07-31 13:00:57.631815337 -0400
@@ -2422,6 +2422,9 @@ void
 damageScreenRegion (CompScreen *screen,
 		    Region     region)
 {
+    if (alwaysSwap)
+	damageScreen (screen);
+
     if (screen->damageMask & COMP_SCREEN_DAMAGE_ALL_MASK)
 	return;