Thanks,
I'll make sure I upgrade to the latest Xfree86 before configuring it.
Right now it sets it to the SVGA driver which is not accelerated. My guess
is the version I have on my cd is at 1 or to revs behind. Metro-X is 2.
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On 6/16/98, at 4:25 PM, William T Wilson wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Scott wrote:
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>> difference between the two? Are thier reasons to use on over the other?
>
>Mostly the primary decision is which one your card is supported by.
>
>XFree86 is a better product. It has fewer bugs and is more efficient.
>But MetroX supports some cards that XFree doesn't.
>
>> worth the 40 bucks? Do I get acceleration with Metro-X? I don't get
>> acceleraton with Xfree86 (at least not the version I'm using).
>
>I think the XFree accelerates on the ET6000. In fact I'm sure of it, it
>says it does in the documentation. Unless your version is very old I
>think you may be mistaken.
>
>
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