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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!blackbush.xlink.net!isar.de!augsburg.isar.net!194.45.233.6!roell From: roell@xinside.com (Thomas Roell) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why *I'M* not happy with XInside's Matrox support (was Re: Sometimes you need X server source) Date: 01 Apr 1996 09:37:46 GMT Organization: X Inside Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <ROELL.96Apr1113746@blah.xinside.com> References: <4ja28c$9da@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4jb67e$eil@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <ROELL.96Mar28184328@blah.xinside.com> <4jhl5p$59t@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <315d5ef6.0@sylvia.tummy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blah.a.isar.de In-reply-to: jafo@ariel.tummy.com's message of 30 Mar 96 16:19:02 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13992 comp.os.linux.development.system:20472 comp.os.linux.x:28268 comp.os.linux.hardware:35119 comp.os.linux.setup:48502 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:403 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2929 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2701 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16450 In article <315d5ef6.0@sylvia.tummy.com> jafo@ariel.tummy.com (Sean Reifschneider) writes: > As far as performance, I've come nowhere near the 750K XStones that was > promised by XInside's advert, they must have been running some funky > mode... In practice, the Matrox is quite fast, even when running 24bpp. > Certainly much quicker than my Mach64 with VRAM. Both on a 133MHz P5. 750k were done it 8bpp, 1024x768 using a 2MB card. Use this scenario and you numbers are reproducable. 24bpp will be roughly 3 times slower than this. I can send you the /etc/Xaccel.ini ... - Thomas -- Denver Office THOMAS ROELL /\ Das Reh springt hoch, +1(303)298-7478 X INSIDE INC / \/\ das Reh springt weit, 1801 Broadway, Suite 1710 / \ \/\ was soll es tun, Denver, CO 80202 roell@xinside.com / Oelch! \ \ es hat ja Zeit.