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Xref: sserve comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:758 comp.unix.sysv386:26394 comp.unix.bsd:9064 comp.os.linux:19547 Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!torn!nott!bnrgate!bmerh85!bnr.ca!tessier From: tessier@bnr.ca (Daniel Tessier) Subject: Re: ET4000/W32 and VESA VL-Bus Message-ID: <1992Dec16.191911.9003@bmerh85.bnr.ca> Sender: news@bmerh85.bnr.ca (Usenet News) Reply-To: Daniel.Tessier@bnr.ca Organization: BNR Ottawa, Fibre Systems Development References: <BzBEI1.CH@aeon.in-berlin.de> <1992Dec16.155355.7416@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 19:19:11 GMT Lines: 41 In article <1992Dec16.155355.7416@netcom.com>, hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: |> In article <BzBEI1.CH@aeon.in-berlin.de> thomas@aeon.in-berlin.de (Thomas Wolfram) writes: |> >Hi, |> >does anyone already using the new ET4000/W32 chip, perhaps in an |> >VESA VL local bus version? How is the performance compared with |> >ET4000AX and does it work with XFree86 1.1? |> > |> >Thank you, |> >Thomas |> >-- |> >Thomas Wolfram, thomas@aeon.in-berlin.de |> >EANTC, TU Berlin, wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de, +49 030 31421294 |> |> S3 is faster than the et4000 based technology the reason is because |> of the server and its use of hardware assisted graphics functions. |> We are about 6 times faster than an ISA et4000. In fact, it is more |> accurate to say that XS3 can compete against your typical workstations |> such as suns workstations. Typically an S3 801 costs less than $220(US). |> XS3 is our X server for S3 chipsets and it runs on 386bsd and Linux. |> |> XS3 has been clocked at 64k xstones on 486/33Mhz ISA machines. However, |> our xbench complex tests are typically higher than on the sun workstation |> ipx/gx. |> |> Soon I will find out how fast is XS3 on my new 486/50Mhz VL bus with a |> local bus S3 801 card. |> That's nice, but did it answer the question? - "How fast is the ET4000/W32?" - "The S3 is so fast, it'll blow Suns away" Try to keep your preaching/propaganda for people who actually wan it. -- /---------------------------------------------------------------\ | Dan Tessier PHONE : (613)765-2380 | | Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. INTERNET: Daniel.Tessier@bnr.ca | | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada UUCP : none right now... | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Live and don't learn, that's us." | | - Calvin & Hobbes | \---------------------------------------------------------------/