Re: Bleeding edge video (Matrox G400)
On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 10:25:50AM -0700, Mike Nachlinger wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 markzimm@rmi.net wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have experience with the following?
> > >
> > > 1. Running AcceleratedX with Debian.
> > > 2. Running Xfree86 3.3.4 with Debian.
> > > 3. Having them both available on one machine.
> > >
> >
> > You have to install and have working an X server before installing AcceleratedX.
> > I've been using it for about 5 years on differant video cards and it works
> > great. Don't know about the G400 on 5.x but I've got a G200 on 4.2 and it works
> > much better then Xfree86.
>
> I've got a G200 AGP in my main box, running XF86 3.3.3.1, and it
> seems quite stable and reasonably quick. What's better about
> AcceleratedX?
>
> > As for stability AcceleratedX has Xfree86 beat here also.
>
> X crashes suck.
>
> > I understand Xfree86 has got much better however. AX supports
> > many more cards, it's money well spent!
>
> I might be interested in buying it if it's significantly faster, I
> suppose, but is it?
> --
Yes, 50-100% depending on your graphics card. See the benchmarks
at www.xig.com.
Mike
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