Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 Pro acceleration
From: philippe tapon (ptapon@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Oct 19 2000 - 06:56:13 MDT
http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.1/Status6.html#6
"Accelerated support is provided for the Rage 128 chips by the XF86_SVGA server
with the r128 driver."
my mistake. it seems that the ATi card is accelerated on X 3.3.6 after all.
peace
philippe
On
Thu, 19 Oct 2000, you wrote: > -
>
> Well the windows do seems to scroll fast to me. The Apple system profiler
> tells me that i have a pro card. (the g4 was bought in dec99 if that make
> any difference). I'm running the version of X that comes with CS1.2.
>
> Darren
>
> At 03:10 19/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
>
> > > I have a 17in apple studio display and a g4 agp with an ATI rage 128pro.
> > > The kernel I'm running is 2.2.15pre19-ben1. I do not use "no video" in my
> > > yaboot.conf. If i do then the kernel does not even boot.
> > > I run the monitor at 1024x768x24. No idea what Hz though All seems fine.
> > > How do i know if the acceleration is working at all?
> > >
> > > Darren
> > > GU14 0LX
> >
> >Have I got this right? I thought that you need, to run an ATi rage pro, X
> >4.01, as the driver in 3.3.8 or whatever it is doesn't take advantage of the
> >acceleration, and the 2.2.17+ kernel.
> > I suppose without a concrete benchmark you have to judge for yourself
> >whether the windows are scrolling faster or not. I used to run the iMac
> >without acceleration (the ATi drivers were screwy) and it was fairly
> >obvious, I
> >thought.
> >
> >peace
> >
> >philippe
> >
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