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Xref: sserve comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:760 comp.unix.sysv386:26396 comp.unix.bsd:9078 comp.os.linux:19594 Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: ET4000/W32 and VESA VL-Bus Message-ID: <1992Dec16.232647.13616@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <BzBEI1.CH@aeon.in-berlin.de> <1992Dec16.155355.7416@netcom.com> <1992Dec16.191911.9003@bmerh85.bnr.ca> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:26:47 GMT Lines: 61 In article <1992Dec16.191911.9003@bmerh85.bnr.ca> Daniel.Tessier@bnr.ca writes: >In article <1992Dec16.155355.7416@netcom.com>, hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: >|> In article <BzBEI1.CH@aeon.in-berlin.de> thomas@aeon.in-berlin.de (Thomas Wolfram) writes: >|> >Hi, >|> >does anyone already using the new ET4000/W32 chip, perhaps in an >|> >VESA VL local bus version? How is the performance compared with >|> >ET4000AX and does it work with XFree86 1.1? >|> > >|> >Thank you, >|> >Thomas >|> >-- >|> >Thomas Wolfram, thomas@aeon.in-berlin.de >|> >EANTC, TU Berlin, wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de, +49 030 31421294 >|> >|> S3 is faster than the et4000 based technology the reason is because >|> of the server and its use of hardware assisted graphics functions. >|> We are about 6 times faster than an ISA et4000. In fact, it is more >|> accurate to say that XS3 can compete against your typical workstations >|> such as suns workstations. Typically an S3 801 costs less than $220(US). >|> XS3 is our X server for S3 chipsets and it runs on 386bsd and Linux. >|> >|> XS3 has been clocked at 64k xstones on 486/33Mhz ISA machines. However, >|> our xbench complex tests are typically higher than on the sun workstation >|> ipx/gx. >|> >|> Soon I will find out how fast is XS3 on my new 486/50Mhz VL bus with a >|> local bus S3 801 card. >|> >That's nice, but did it answer the question? >- "How fast is the ET4000/W32?" >- "The S3 is so fast, it'll blow Suns away" XS3 has been clocked at 64k xstones on 486/33Mhz ISA machines. > >Try to keep your preaching/propaganda for people who actually wan it. >-- I just copy again how fast is my X server. It appears that you can't read. Later chump, Amancio >/---------------------------------------------------------------\ >| Dan Tessier PHONE : (613)765-2380 | >| Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. INTERNET: Daniel.Tessier@bnr.ca | >| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada UUCP : none right now... | >+---------------------------------------------------------------+ >| "Live and don't learn, that's us." | >| - Calvin & Hobbes | >\---------------------------------------------------------------/ -- Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming