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- From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
- Subject: Re: [XFree86]: Performance Problems
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.025751.6981@netcom.com>
- Keywords: XFree86 X11 X-windows X386
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1eahdrINNpt1@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk> <1992Nov20.012824.20203@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:57:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.012824.20203@leland.Stanford.EDU> hado@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ha Do) writes:
- >
- >Farenheit 1280 card:
- >Orchid tech. has several graphic cards such as F1280, Prodesigner II and
- >a new one F1280-SA (?). Which card has which kind of S8 chips on it, could
- >somebody tell me ? and will Amacio's XS3 support current as well as new
- >S3 chips ? (The 1280-SA is the one with "voice" feature).
- >What is the new S3 chip coming in a month that has several times the
- >performance of current S3 chip ?
- >I need to know since I am about to buy one of the Orchid card and want
- >to pick the best one.
- >Thank you
- >
-
- card chip xbench (xstones)
- Prodesignes II et4000 8k
- F1280 (first model) S3 911 38k
- F1280 (most recent) S3 924 48k
- F1280-SA S3 801 60k+
-
- Sun Workstation IPC with no GX 24k (for shopping comparisons)
-
- XS3 is known to work with:
- STB WIN/x
- Actix 911 and 924
- S3 clones - don't ask me the models some don't
- even have a name.
- GA localbus
- Diamond Stealth and will post what someone did
- to make it work and the card is sloow.
-
- The highlight of the 801 is that it uses DRAM and supports
- upto 2 MB, true color in 640x480, 256 colors at 1280x1024,
- and it is capable of mapping 2MB of memory to PC.
- Theorically, the 801 should be cheaper than a 924 or 911.
-
- My XS3-0.2a does not work with S3 801. I am working hard to
- wrap it up and I feel that I am close.
-
- S3 next chip is the 928. It is going to be 2 to 3 time faster
- than a 924. Don't know how hard it will be to port XS3 but
- I suspect that after I complete the S3 801 support that it
- will be easy to port the 928. The card is expected to be
- available in January and probably in February we will have
- the server up and running. Projected cost for the 928 is
- $360 (US).
-
-
- One last remark, Actix was very instrumental by providing
- technical information which enable me to provide XS3.
- No other vendor has giving us so quick and strong support.
-
-
- We are no longer slow
- Amancio Hasty
-