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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA179 ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 04:02:10 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:10527 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:42530 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ncar!csn!teal!dmw From: dmw@teal.csn.org (Dave Warner) Subject: Re: ATI Mach32 and Xfree86 or XS3? Message-ID: <dmw.728231667@teal> Sender: news@csn.org (news) Nntp-Posting-Host: teal.csn.org Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc. References: <1993Jan26.162704.13442@usasoc.soc.mil> <C1KDCv.6tn@csi.compuserve.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:34:27 GMT Lines: 59 news@csi.compuserve.com (Usenet News) writes: >In article <1993Jan26.162704.13442@usasoc.soc.mil> ted@usasoc.soc.mil (Mr. Ted Nolan) writes: >>Hello folks, >> >>I'm plugging along in my quest to spec out a nice 486 system to get and >>run 386BSD and X on. I've seen a few advertisements for the ATI Mach32 >>video card. It seems this is a local bus card that can do 1024x1280 in >>256 color mode. Does anyone know if this has an S3 or ET4000 chipset? >>Can you run X on it? >> >Ted, >The Mach32 IS the "chipset". It serves the same functions as the S3 although >considerably faster. I'm hoping someone will post an X driver for the Mach32 >so I can justify getting an ATI Ultra Plus (This is an unabashed hint to all >386BSD System programmers with ATI Ultra Plus's) >-Rell The following are xbench results on the same hardware for both Xfree and Kevin Martin's X8514 on linux -- I don't know if there's an X8514 version for 386BSD. ================================== Gateway 2000 4DX2-66V, 8Mb ATI Ultra Pro, 68MHz, local bus Xfree1.1, no tcp Linux0.99.1, 1024x768 ================================== TOTAL 193536 lineStones TOTAL 22459 fillStones TOTAL 10049 blitStones TOTAL 4052466 arcStones TOTAL 212437 textStones TOTAL 24836 complexStones TOTAL 31045 xStones ================================== Gateway 2000 4DX2-66V, 8Mb ATI Ultra Pro, 62MHz, local bus X8514, no tcp Linux0.99.1, 1024x768 ================================== TOTAL 185822 lineStones TOTAL 55528 fillStones TOTAL 36191 blitStones TOTAL 5236912 arcStones TOTAL 134406 textStones TOTAL 92614 complexStones TOTAL 79209 xStones dave -- | Dave Warner | e-mail: dmw@csn.org | | 151 Sky Trail Road | USWest: 443-9589 | | Boulder, CO 80302 | FAX: 443-6791 |