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From: larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,ba.windows.x
Subject: Re: Running X windows on a 16MHz 386sx
Message-ID: <1990Oct16.201137.18397@nstar.uucp>
Date: 16 Oct 90 20:11:37 GMT
References: <1990Oct7.022705.12488@unixland.uucp> <1990Oct13.220633.8294@maths.tcd.ie> <1990Oct16.060422.17071@shawn.uucp> <1990Oct16.155020.1252@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
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kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley	) writes:

>real bottleneck tho' is the VGA display on the 8mhz AT bus.  After a year of 
>living with the SX, I just upgraded to a 486 and, while all around faster,
>the display is still the weak link (it is a 16bit VGA.)  What intrigues me 
>the most is that the display performance for OS/2 is orders of magnitude
>better; the X server writers need to get a lot smarter about handling the
>VGA, especially bit blitting.

I've also heard that X11R4 is faster writing than X11R3 with regular
16 bit VGA boards as well..
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