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Date:      Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:56:25 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Marco Beishuizen <marco@beishuizen.info>
Cc:        FreeBSD alpha mailing list <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Why is XFree86 on FreeBSD/Alpha much slower?
Message-ID:  <15945.25465.768071.583030@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112147000.294@tsunami.bsd>
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Marco Beishuizen writes:
 > > FWIW, the AGP Permedia board in my UP1000 doesn't suck.
 > >
 > > Drew
 > 
 > I always thought that graphics performance was the strengh of the Alpha.
 > But it seems to be the opposite.
 > 
 > It's a lot slower than the Intel, but I don't think that it sucks so
 > much that I should buy another graphics board. I guess I'll have to live
 > with it.

Buying another graphics board would not help (unless it was a 64-bit
board; which would suck less).  To get an AGP board, you'd need an AGP
slot, which would require buying a new alpha.

You should at least try your Matrox in a 64-bit slot.

Drew

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