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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: Upgrading to Xfree86 3.3
Date: 20 Jun 1997 23:38:41 -0700
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:In article <5oafds$k92$1@rabbit.augusta.de>,
:Andreas Kohout <shanee@rabbit.augusta.de> wrote:
:>In article <5o6cjd$5sj$1@phoenix.kfu.com>,
:> nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) writes:
:>
:>> Well, I don't know about what it was before, but I want to take this
:>> opportunity to thank the XFree86 folks and Matrox for a DYNAMITE
:>> combination.
:>
:>Me too, but maybe, someone can explayn that:
:>
:>I compare XAccel with XFree and can't belive (with xbench):
:>
:>machine | p | xstones
:>------------------------------------------+----+---------
:>P133/32M, XAccel 1.2, Matrox 220, PB | 8 | 878094
:>------------------------------------------+----+---------
:>P133/32M, XAccel 1.3pl4, Matrox 220, PB | 8 | 821428
:>------------------------------------------+----+---------
:>P133/64M, XFree86 3.3, Matrox 220, PB | 8 | 756999
:>------------------------------------------+----+---------
:>P133/32M, XAccel 1.2, Matrox 220 | 16 | 510290
:>------------------------------------------+----+---------
:>P133/64M, XFree86 3.3, Matrox 220, PB | 16 | 504597
:>------------------------------------------+----+---------
:>P133/64M, XFree86 3.3, Matrox 220, PB | 24 | 349900
:>------------------------------------------+----+---------
:>P133/32M, XAccel 1.3pl4, Matrox 220, PB | 16 | 327251
:>------------------------------------------+----+---------
:>
:>with 1600x1280 and 16bpp xengine says about 1000rpm (with XAccel and
:>XFree) but now XAccel won't run, I think it's are the fonts (Can't find
:>font: fixed)
Those are impressive xstone numbers. I ran it on my ppro 200 box,
with the Diamond Stealth 3D 3001, and got 131652 xstones at
a 1280x1024 16bpp running XFree 3.3.
XEngine gave me 1035 rpm.
I'm trying to remember how much the card cost.. it wasn't all that
expensive. what's the Matrox 220 cost ?
-Matt