--On Sun, May 17, 1998 1:49 pm -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ->
> -> I'm running on a P-133 at 1024x768x24bpp, and the desktops take about
20
> -> seconds or so to load, and while they're loading my mouse locks...
> ->
> -> The card is an S3 Virge DX 4MB, and the server is XF86_S3V.
>
> oh.. hehe u can blame yer xserver for being slow then... :) dont blame
> E. 24bpp will slow u down for starters. 2. xfree can be notiriously
> slow when dumpign large images on S3virge cards (i've seen X just pause
> for a sedcon or 2 whils the app sends it an image) - basically u have a
> crappy xserver on a pretty bad video card. If the deskotp had solid
> colros instad fo images it woudln't have to dump any images ot the
> xserver.
I thought that would be the case :-(
What video cards do you recommend, raster? (Or anyone else...). Preferably
not too expensive.
And you say my X-server sucks. Which may be true. But do I have any
alternatives?
Jules
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