On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 11:46:30 +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote: >On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 10:25:40AM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: >> Bugzilla #434 shows a x11perf regression test between 4.3.0 and a rather >> current CVS versions. The performance of some tests has gone down by >> >20% for a specific test, some other tests have suffered a performance >> penalty of >3%. >> There may be a simple explanation for this however I can't find it >> right now. >> Any idea? > >Egbert, > >I believe this guy had 4.3.0 running with a savage with UseBIOS off because >the BIOS failed for some reason so the UseBIOS option was turned off. > >In the later 4.3.99.x series the BIOS now works for him, but unfortunately >the BIOS makes some more conservative settings for the accelerator engine >in the savage.
The Savage BIOS doesn't touch the graphics accelerator at all -- only the video timings. The accelerator is managed entirely in the driver. Can you tell me what settings you are referring to? -- - Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
