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From: jcaron@pressimage.net (Jacques Caron)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD 2.0.5 / XF86 3.11 Performance
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 02:47:24 +0200
Organization: Pressimage, France
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In article <PHILS.95Jul25221207@satori.tv.tek.com>,
phils@satori.tv.tek.com (Phil Staub) wrote:
>In article <PHILS.95Jul25144451@satori.tv.tek.com>
phils@satori.tv.tek.com (Phil Staub) writes:
>> Having just installed FreeBSD 2.0.5 and XFree86 3.1.1 on my system, I
>> was somewhat dismayed to see that graphics performance seems to have
>> slowed by about 2/3 from FBSD 2.0R and XFree86 3.1. I'm using the S3
>> server in 1024x768 or 1152x900 resolution on a 2 meg #9 GXE64 (not
>> Pro). The processor is a 486DX266 with 16 Meg of ram.
>My son seems to have accidently stumbled onto an interesting piece of
>information.
>He wanted to see how slowly xengine would run when he toggled the turbo
>switch to the "slow" position. Imagine his surprise (and mine) when it
>went back up to the speed I'm used to seeing it run at! This is in
>spite of the fact that the turbo light went off and the speed display
>changed to slow speed.
The light and the speed indicator are just LEDs directly controlled by the
switch (the speed indicator certainly does not measyre anything for real:
your can even take it out of your PC, it'll still have the same two
speeds).
So the real speed change (where there is one! I've already seen PCs with
such a switch and display that were not even connected!) depends on how
this is connected on your motherboard... Might happen that it is connected
the wrong way...
Jacques.
--- Jacques Caron - Pressimage Telematique
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