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Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 20:29:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net>
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Subject: Re: XF86 4 on 4.3-RELEASE?
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On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Jordan Hubbard wrote:

> Nope.  When XFree86 4.x:
>
>        a) Supports a reasonable superset of all cards supported by 3.3.6
>
>        b) Doesn't halve OpenGL performance on cards like Matrox and nVidia
>           (3dfx sucks so much on both that it's not an issue).
>
>        c) Doesn't have a configuration tool which confuses new users
>           even more than the old configuration tool did.

You forgot one (that happens for me)
	d) Doesn't take half the CPU while sitting idle.

But then again, I suspect it has something to do with the fact I'm running
a dual head.

-gordon


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