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Re: linux XF86 X visuals, IDL 16-bit blues [message #18739 is a reply to message #18719]

Mon, 31 January 2000 00:00

Bernard Puc
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Registered: January 1998

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Liam Gumley wrote:
>

> I sincerely hope that XFree86 version 4.0 offers some performance
> improvements over the current version. I'm running Redhat 6.1 on a 500 Mhz
> Pentium III, 512 MB RAM, and a Viper V550 (TNT 32MB), and the X server
> performance is just woeful. I can't even grab a window and drag it around
> the screen smoothly. I'm pretty sure it's not the hardware because we've
> tried it on two separate boxes, each with different CPU and graphics
> hardware (but the same version of Redhat and XFree86), and seen the same
> results. This is particularly annoying in IDL, because animation is just
> about impossible. As a result, we're testing AcceleratedX.

My linux machine runs Red Hat 6.1 and XFree86, Pentium III, 384MB RAM,
Matrox G200 w/16MB graphics card. I've always felt that the graphics
were incredibly fast. I can, at the least, drag a window smoothly
around the screen with ease. I suspect it could be a combination of
configuration and chipset support in XFree86. BTW, my system was
purchased from a Linux vendor and came with Linux installed and X
configured.

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		Re: linux XF86 X visuals, IDL 16-bit blues By: John-David T. Smith on Tue, 01 February 2000 00:00
		Re: linux XF86 X visuals, IDL 16-bit blues By: Bernard Puc on Mon, 31 January 2000 00:00
		Re: linux XF86 X visuals, IDL 16-bit blues By: Liam E. Gumley on Fri, 28 January 2000 00:00
		Re: linux XF86 X visuals, IDL 16-bit blues By: John-David T. Smith on Fri, 28 January 2000 00:00
		Re: linux XF86 X visuals, IDL 16-bit blues By: George McCabe on Thu, 27 January 2000 00:00
		Re: linux XF86 X visuals, IDL 16-bit blues By: Liam E. Gumley on Thu, 27 January 2000 00:00

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