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Re: XFree, AcceleratedX, MetroX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Wed Nov 20 11:03:32 1996
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 11:01:18 -0500
From: ray@fred.net (Ray Curtis)
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Sheldon E. Newhouse writes:
> On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Paul Waldo wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:24:46 -0500
> > From: Paul Waldo <pww@ssds.com>
> > Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> > To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: XFree, AcceleratedX, MetroX
> > Resent-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:26:22 -0500
> > Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
> >
> > Michael J. Yanowitz wrote:
> > >
> > > I have been wondering for a while:
> > >
> > > 1) If X works for me under XFree, is there any reason to upgrade
> > > to either MetroX or AcceleratedX?
> >
> > Only if you like pain and heartache (as well as a crappy display). I
> > consider XFree -> MetroX a *down*grade. :-)
> I agree with this statement. But, I have consistently been using
> AcceleratedX now with a Matrox Millenium (at first 2 MB, now 4 MB).
> I had experience with XFree 3.1.2 on the Mach 64 GX card.
>
> The combination of AcceleratedX and the Matrox is just wonderful.
>
> The display is beautiful and deep. The 24 bit color very rich. The
> display comes close (it may be better I don't know) to that of my Sparc 20
> in the office with a fancy video card.
>
> I highly recommend this combination. I have not tried the benchmarks, am
> just giving my feeling based on my visual perception.
>
I have been using the same board (matrox 4g) with Metrox, and have a very
nice display, even though some people have had problems. The only
problem I have had with Metrox, was a message that I posted yesterday
about losing my .Xdefaults at random times, but this has not really
been a problem. I am looking forward to XFree supporting this board
with the new version of XFree-3.2.
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