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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: [XFree86]: Performance Problems Message-ID: <1992Nov20.025751.6981@netcom.com> Keywords: XFree86 X11 X-windows X386 Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1eahdrINNpt1@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk> <1992Nov20.012824.20203@leland.Stanford.EDU> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:57:51 GMT Lines: 55 In article <1992Nov20.012824.20203@leland.Stanford.EDU> hado@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ha Do) writes: > >Farenheit 1280 card: >Orchid tech. has several graphic cards such as F1280, Prodesigner II and >a new one F1280-SA (?). Which card has which kind of S8 chips on it, could >somebody tell me ? and will Amacio's XS3 support current as well as new >S3 chips ? (The 1280-SA is the one with "voice" feature). >What is the new S3 chip coming in a month that has several times the >performance of current S3 chip ? >I need to know since I am about to buy one of the Orchid card and want >to pick the best one. >Thank you > card chip xbench (xstones) Prodesignes II et4000 8k F1280 (first model) S3 911 38k F1280 (most recent) S3 924 48k F1280-SA S3 801 60k+ Sun Workstation IPC with no GX 24k (for shopping comparisons) XS3 is known to work with: STB WIN/x Actix 911 and 924 S3 clones - don't ask me the models some don't even have a name. GA localbus Diamond Stealth and will post what someone did to make it work and the card is sloow. The highlight of the 801 is that it uses DRAM and supports upto 2 MB, true color in 640x480, 256 colors at 1280x1024, and it is capable of mapping 2MB of memory to PC. Theorically, the 801 should be cheaper than a 924 or 911. My XS3-0.2a does not work with S3 801. I am working hard to wrap it up and I feel that I am close. S3 next chip is the 928. It is going to be 2 to 3 time faster than a 924. Don't know how hard it will be to port XS3 but I suspect that after I complete the S3 801 support that it will be easy to port the 928. The card is expected to be available in January and probably in February we will have the server up and running. Projected cost for the 928 is $360 (US). One last remark, Actix was very instrumental by providing technical information which enable me to provide XS3. No other vendor has giving us so quick and strong support. We are no longer slow Amancio Hasty