Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 09:21:17 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree 3.3.6 speed - SiS630 vs. i815 Message-ID: <20010806092117.A80896@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <20010802002755.85878.qmail@web20108.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 05:27:55PM -0700 References: <20010802002755.85878.qmail@web20108.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 05:27:55PM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote:
>
> I have FreeBSD running on a BookPC that uses the SiS630 chipset... this
> chipset is unbearable slow.
>
> I saw a small platform the other day based on the i815.
>
> I'm really begning to move away from a windows platform from my day to day
> atcivity replacing time spent there with time spent on my FreeBSD system.
> The slow graphics refresh is really beginning to plauge me know.
>
> I have the i815 on a laptop and it seems to run nicely, but I don't know
> how well it will run XFree 3.3.6.
The i815 won't run under XFree-3. You'll have to upgrade to XFree-4
for i815 support. As for the speed: it's ok..
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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