Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:

> > >I've been using "DacSpeed 230" on my i815 for a couple of years.
> > >
> > I gave this a thought and decided that DacSpeed 160, no more is needed
> > here, couldn't possibly do any harm. Well, whoever put these 
> defaults in
> > with the driver knew what he was doing: I get such a horrible flicker
> > all over the screen when I move or scroll something I couldn't believe
> > it. I went so far as to boot up my old Windows because I started
> > becoming suspicious about my hardware: same settings, everything's fine.
> >
> > The default dacspeeds are 163 for 16bpp and 136 for 24bpp!
>
> Note that the default speeds are the same for all chipsets;
> I wouldn't be suprised if different chipsets have different dac speed
> limits.


Intel specifies 230MHz for i810, too.

> However I suspect that the real issue is the speed of the memory;


Right, the memory bandwidth, I meanwhile learned. But 3B x 157.5MHz vs. 800MB/s seems 
a fair enough distance for a short test with Intel calling these settings "supported". 
And who would have thought Windows is telling lies about its video settings? ;-)


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