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From: C.deGroot@inter.NL.net (Cees de Groot)
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Subject: Re: Sometimes you need X server source (Was: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium)
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.x
Date: 1 Apr 1996 17:48:28 +0200
Organization: I still need to put my ORGANIZATION here.
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In article <ROELL.96Mar31164424@blah.xinside.com>,
Thomas Roell <roell@xinside.com> wrote:
>
>I tried many times before, but I usually get flamed down whenever I
>post any benchmarks. Either because they didn't count, or because they
>were simple not allowed to be faster than XF86.
>
Well, I take the flaming, then :-). Thomas convinced me that testing 
AccelX would be a good way to spend my Sunday, so here's the final
results:

8bpp, 1024x768 @ 75Hz

XFree86:      112240
AccelX:       174143

16bpp, 1024x768 @ 75Hz

XFree86:       40652
AccelX:        70109

All tests on a Linux/ELF machine, Xbench 0.2, 486DX66, Elsa Winner 1000Trio
(which is a S3 Trio64 PCI card with 2Mb DRAM). Full data available on
request.

For the Joe A. Xuser, it is especially nice that AccelX has a double to
quadruple textStones rating on my machine. Might make a nice difference
in Xterm scrolling, I guess...

>Another thing which I tend to critice is the use of Xstones in
>itself. This benchmark tends to measure raw graphics engine
>performance, rather than a good mix of CPU and graphics engine which
>is more typical for applications. 
Sorry, it's the only thing I got :-). Do you have a pointer to X11perf?

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Cees de Groot                                        <C.deGroot@inter.NL.net>
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