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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA116 ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 20:00:24 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:10494 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:42472 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!decwrl!gossip.pyramid.com!pyramid!infmx!johng From: johng@informix.com (John Galloway) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: ATI Mach32 and Xfree86 or XS3? Message-ID: <1993Jan27.052056.23103@informix.com> Date: 27 Jan 93 05:20:56 GMT References: <1993Jan26.162704.13442@usasoc.soc.mil> <1993Jan26.220906.26671@netcom.com> Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News) Organization: Galloway Research Lines: 20 In article <1993Jan26.220906.26671@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: >> >The ATI Mach32 is based upon ATI's mach32 chipset. >for speed I suggest acquiring a 928 based card which is faster than the >ATI MACH32 by as much as 34% overall graphics performace, even on the ISA :-) Any info on cards that are using the 928 that are available? > >Going to a local bus card will not buy you significant performance improvement, >at least with the S3 chipsets. Why? It was my understanding that the local bus was specifically intended for things like video cards that are twiddling bytes back and forth with the cpu, as opposed to massive memory transfers. -jrg -- internet jrg@galloway.sj.ca.us John R. Galloway, Jr 795 Beaver Creek Way internet johng@informix.com CEO...receptionist San Jose, CA 95133 applelink D3413 Galloway Research (408) 259-2490