On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 02:42:31 +1100, Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:08:47AM +0000, Pigeon wrote: >> From README.cirrus out of XF86 4.2: >> >On older chips, the use of a higher dot clock frequencies has a negative >> >effect on the performance of graphics operations....... >> I guess the "natural" resolution & speed is that which gives the >> "best" compromise between refresh rate and drawing performance. It's >> probably that which Windoze calls the "optimal" rate. > >I'd say this is fairly moot once you're getting into AGP 2x video cards >with hundreds of MIPS of on-board CPU with dozens of megabytes of >extremely fast RAM :) > >-rob Agree, but the concept is still around, as are slower video cards. On my SiS6326, the latest X won't use 100Hz for 800x600 unless I tell it to with a ModeLine; by default it uses 85Hz; if I try telling X that my monitor won't accept anything lower than 100Hz (as a fudge to avoid calculating a ModeLine), it won't start. AFAI can see it would use the same "default rate" even if I had a faster card. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
