On 17 May, Jules Bean shouted:
-> --On Sun, May 17, 1998 1:49 pm -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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-> > -> 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.
S3-968 is good. - a bit old and cheap tho.
Millanium and MillaniumII's are good. mind u xfree is part of the
problem too. investing in somehtng like accelx will - if you listen to
some tesimonials, give dramatic speedups in some cases. There are
student prices available for AccelX. Try the demo out at any rate.. if
ti doesnt give u a speedup no need to run it - try this before changing
vid cards.. it may give u the best bang for your buck int he long run
(ie if u then later get a better vid card - u aleradyhave the software
to work on it optimally)
-> And you say my X-server sucks. Which may be true. But do I have any
-> alternatives?
->
-> Jules
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