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- From: ramesh@utdallas.edu (R. Ramesh)
- Subject: Phone numbers needed and INFO about ATI boards.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.183410.8577@utdallas.edu>
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- Organization: The University of Texas at Dallas, ACC
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:34:10 GMT
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- Hi:
-
- I am looking for phone numbers of Orchid (maker of S3 based Farenheit 1280)
- and Actix (maker of Actix GraphicsEngine) to find out what is the trend of S3
- based cards before I loose some money on a new card.
-
- I am interested in
- running Xv2.1 under linux at 1152x900x256 at least with XS3 (I know that
- current version of XS3 can only do 1024x768x256 and this is supposed to be
- changed in the future).
-
- BTW, all those who read my earlier message about "ATI Graphics ultra cannot do
- 1152x900" I have news. I talked to folks in ATI and they say you can if you
- program Mach 8 directly (i.e, not 8514 no SVGA mach 8 direct). Documents about
- mach 8 is freely available for $50. Docs about Mach 32 (the new processor in
- the ultra+ and pro) are available after signing nondisclosure agreement :-(
- But the guy I talked to said that it is only matter of time before this
- restriction is taken off. He also said using SVGA registers instead of Mach 8
- or Mach 32 directly can lead to as much as 50% penalty in speed. So the folks
- with LocalBus ultrapro who bought it for sheer speed should work on X servers
- with Mach 8 (or Mach 32) before they realize the full potential of the card
- :-(
-
- If anybody feels that the content of this message does not belong here please
- inform me by e-mail and I will stop posting such messages.
-
- Ramesh
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