On 7 Jan 2002, Jose Fonseca wrote:

> I have a ATI Rage Mobility P/M 4Mb with a 1024x768 TFT screen on my
> laptop with RHL 7.2 and XFree 4.1.0.

> For some applications (playing games and watching movies) I've found
> that is better to use lower screen resolutions to achieve a higher frame
> rate.

> First I tried to use a 512x384 mode to get integer scaling and better
> performance, but XFree complained that it was not a valid mode. My first
> question is if it's possible to configure a 512x384 mode for a LCD
> screen and how?

Start with a working 1024x768 mode line and divide all timings by two.

> Then I tried the standard 640x480 mode and for my surprise I didn't
> notice any downgrade in the speed. My second question is: What makes the
> rescaling after all: the graphics card itself or a dedicated LCD
> controller?

They are one and the same.

> Unfortunately not everything is a bed of roses.. Besides the expected
> blur due to the non-integer scaling there are two annoying green
> vertical lines placed 1/4 and 3/4 of the horizontal length of the
> screen. This must be a bug since this behavior isn't noted on Windows.
> Has anyone ever noticed this?

Hum, sounds like a bad DSP register setting, although that's unlikely for
a panel.  Do any other modes display similar behaviour?

Marc.

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