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Date:      Fri, 9 Mar 2001 20:29:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
Cc:        <irvine@sanbi.ac.za>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: XF86 4 on 4.3-RELEASE?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103092027490.55397-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010309064254Y.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>

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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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