Dear Lenz,
Ok, the Matrox cards are accelerated. But are they as well accelerated as a
AT card? And what are the chances that there will be a separate XFree86
accelerator for Matrox cards? Isn't a dedicated XFree86 server always
better?
Does Matrox hand out any code for their cards or has it to found out by the
programmers?
Regards,
Joop Boonen.
I was clearly wrong about not being accelerated.
Lenz Grimmer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Joop Boonen wrote:
>
> > On this URL you can find information about performance of
> video cards:
> > http://www.tomshardware.com/ ,
> >
> http://www.anandtech.com/html/reviews.cfm?types=yes&TopicTypes=3 . and
> > also this link http://www.cpureview.com/ . There are files
> for the
> > Voodoo chip in the suse distribution. I don't know what they
> do.
> >
> > By the way there is not as of yet any accelerated xfree86
> server for a
> > matrox card.
>
> What makes you think so? Have a look at
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.MGA,
> especially the last
>
> 2. Features:
>
> o uses linear frame buffer
>
> o Resolutions up to the maximum supported by the card should be
>
> possible.
>
> o 8 bpp, 16 bpp (depth 15 and 16), 24 bpp (depth 24, packed)
> and 32 bpp
> (depth 24, sparse) are all supported.
>
> o supports VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)
>
> o supports RGB Sync-on-Green
>
> o supports the XF86_DGA extension
>
> o Makes extensive use of the graphics accelerator. This server
> is very
> well accelerated, and is one of the fastest XFree86 X servers.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> So, the X Server does use hardware acceleration :)
>
> Bye,
> LenZ
>
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