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- From: jon@robots.ox.ac.uk (Jon Tombs)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives
- Subject: [comp.os.linux.announce] S3 server 0.3 released
- Followup-To: comp.os.linux.announce,comp.os.linux
- Date: 20 Dec 1992 05:04:49 GMT
- Organization: Robotics Research Group, Engineering Science Dept, Oxford, UK.
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- Archive-name: auto/comp.os.linux.announce/S3-server-0-3-released
-
- Release 0.3 of the S3 xserver is now available on ftp.robots.ox.ac.uk in
- /pub/linux/S3 and SunSite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/X11/X-servers/s3 when their
- mirror next fires up.
-
- The new release has little changed from 0.2b except it now supports S3 86C801
- based cards (albeit with a hardware cursor bug), but I won't be able to do any
- more work on the server till mid January hence the release now.
-
- I have also put up a version of Xfree86 with an un-accelarated S3 driver, this
- isn't of much use apart from giving the dot clock speeds for S3 cards.
-
- If you are thinking of buying a S3 card please bare in mind there is a great
- range of performace for S3 cards and that the new (higher performance) 928
- chip has just been released. There follows xbench results for a variety of
- (S3) cards:
-
- All tests ran on 486/33s linux and XS3 versions varies:
-
- Fast ET4000 (Orchid Pro designer II)
- TOTAL 56873 lineStones
- TOTAL 5266 fillStones
- TOTAL 1924 blitStones
- TOTAL 870336 arcStones
- TOTAL 57062 textStones
- TOTAL 6993 complexStones
- TOTAL 6646 xStones
-
-
- Slow S3 911 (old Orchid Farenhite 1280 - but not sure if a 486/33)
- TOTAL 56746 lineStones
- TOTAL 16390 fillStones
- TOTAL 10463 blitStones
- TOTAL 1425872 arcStones
- TOTAL 53625 textStones
- TOTAL 34444 complexStones
- TOTAL 24625 xStones
-
- [Diamond stealth gives 30k xstones, but due to Diamond stupidity will not be
- supported reliably]
-
- 70MHz S3 911 (Actix GraphicsEngine70)
- TOTAL 103781 lineStones
- TOTAL 21777 fillStones
- TOTAL 16997 blitStones
- TOTAL 2580416 arcStones
- TOTAL 83875 textStones
- TOTAL 46797 complexStones
- TOTAL 37496 xStones
-
- S3 924 (new Orchid farenhite 1280)
- TOTAL 111640 lineStones
- TOTAL 30450 fillStones
- TOTAL 21935 blitStones
- TOTAL 2871708 arcStones
- TOTAL 103812 textStones
- TOTAL 62222 complexStones
- TOTAL 48559 xStones
-
- S3 801 (Actix GraphicsEngine32)
- TOTAL 102774 lineStones
- TOTAL 45363 fillStones
- TOTAL 27382 blitStones
- TOTAL 2485082 arcStones
- TOTAL 113125 textStones
- TOTAL 97712 complexStones
- TOTAL 60897 xStones
-
- And Sun Sparc1+ cg3
- TOTAL 121149 lineStones
- TOTAL 13219 fillStones
- TOTAL 10735 blitStones
- TOTAL 2112958 arcStones
- TOTAL 134750 textStones
- TOTAL 22418 complexStones
- TOTAL 25901 xStones
-
-
-
- Jon.
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