On Saturday February 1 2003 11:47 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> On Friday 31 January 2003 03:57 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> As usual, thanks for all the advice, Tom!
>
> > I've got a Gef2-64mb (Abit), 167mhz memory, 200mhz core (oc's
> > to 185/225 with ease). Altho I use it with the Xfree driver that
> > has some 3d hardware acceleration (minus direct rendering), I
> > have tested it occaisonally with the the proprietary guess who
> > knows what binary ones from nVidia. Last time with 1491's vs.
> > XFree-4.2.99 (4.3). The secret crap is still 3+ times the
> > performance, but with added system trade offs.
> > http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article.php?sid=427&lang=en Plus the
> > Xfree drivers don't need 'mem=nopentium' to keep from fsck'n up
> > your linux install ;~>>
>
> Let me get this straight - should I be using "mem=nopentium" on my
> Nvidia equipped systems that are using Nvidias' drivers? I didn't
> know that.
Charles swears it's always needed for AMD systems. I've only
found it to be needed in the rare occaisons when I have the nvidia
driver installed. It's not needed with the XFree driver.
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