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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.apps:1013 comp.os.linux.misc:10768 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!birdie-blue.cis.pitt.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!keen.ccit.duq.edu!mcquill From: mcquill@next.duq.edu (Tod McQuillin) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: DOOM for X Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.linux.misc Date: 10 Mar 1994 05:01:05 GMT Organization: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 15 Message-ID: <2lm9ih$6s5@godot.cc.duq.edu> References: <1994Mar3.131137.27311@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <CM44Lq.78x@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> <2lkpg5$8hn@Tut.MsState.Edu> <hastyCMEw58.FMr@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: keen.ccit.duq.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Amancio Hasty Jr (hasty@netcom.com) wrote: : In article <2lkpg5$8hn@Tut.MsState.Edu> simmons@EE.MsState.Edu writes: : >In article <CM44Lq.78x@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>, : > : >The X version should be just as fast as an svgalib version, because : >David Taylor is using the shared memory extentions of X. Hence, : >no real need for an svga version. : I really doubt that a direct access to a fast svga card on a local bus would : compare in performance to the client-server model of X. : If you ask me X is very, very broken in this respect. Amancio, what effect, if any, do you think the shared memory extentions of X have on graphics performance?