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From: dmw@teal.csn.org (Dave Warner)
Subject: Re: ATI Mach32 and Xfree86 or XS3?
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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
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