I see a similar UI video speed increase when upgrading from Beige G3 Rev. A motherboard video (completely unsupported in X) to a PCI Rage128 card in that Beige as when I compare that same Beige/Rage128 video speed to a new Dual G4 1GHz. Both speed differences are quite noticeable yet people seem to discount the *hardware acceleration* of the PCI Rage128. Install a Voodoo3 2000 PCI with 16 MB RAM (similar specs/performance all around as the Rage128) yet it is much slower in OS X because it has no OS X hardware drivers so it is much slower than the Rage128.
No, the Rage128 doesn't have Quartz Extreme acceleration but it is still accelerated for OS X and apparently will continue to be until support is specifically dropped for the DA G4's which shipped with them. And I guess if people want to get rid of their Rage128s, there'll be more for me! ;)
Not entirely true. Regarding Quartz Extreme - video performance isn't crappy, it just isn't. If you do something that would normally include a Quartz Extreme effect, the effect just doesn't happen.
With hardware acceleration it depends on the instance. Is QuickTime hardware accelerated on my Pismo? yes. Is Quake 3? yes. Is everything else? No.
David
On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 11:19 AM, Scott Strungis wrote:
My interpretation of this is the same as the earlier issues with the older Rage cards. No hardware accelleration built into the system and hence, crappy video performance without HA or QE.
Scott
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