Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:07:35 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Beishuizen <marco@beishuizen.info> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: FreeBSD alpha mailing list <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why is XFree86 on FreeBSD/Alpha much slower? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112200580.294@tsunami.bsd> In-Reply-To: <15945.25465.768071.583030@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112042190.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.23721.759825.313603@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112129370.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.24538.794799.926276@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112147000.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.25465.768071.583030@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, the wise Andrew Gallatin spoke, and said: > > 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 Originally the alpha had a PowerStorm sitting in the two 64 bit slots. Unfortunately that card isn't supported in XFree86. I'm curious how it performs. When I replaced the PowerStorm I did try the Matrox in the 64 bit slots but it didn't boot. It booted in the 32 bit slot, so I left it there. Marco -- If God had intended Man to Watch TV, He would have given him Rabbit Ears. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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