Date: Thu, 3 Dec 98 08:50:26 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: kmarx@bigshed.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hamellr@dsinw.com, x@suse.de Subject: Re: viper330/hitachi751 Message-ID: <H000057c01a9b9a3@MHS> In-Reply-To: <3665B7A1.6116AA37@bigshed.com>
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Hello, You could also consider going to the latest XFree86 3.3.3 I have an STB 128 (same Riva chipset) and the preformance increase is there (it's better than 3.3.2.3 patched with sources from Nvidia) TfH > rick hamell wrote: > > > > > Is there some way I could either duplicate the NT settings and/or > > > find a clock rate to use as an over-ride in the XF86Config file > > > that would work better? Not that I know what I'm talking about here... > > > > Try changing the number of colors and the monitor screen size. I > > prefer to use the xsetup for that because frankly that other program > > scares me. :) I think that NT dosen't have problems with it because the > > drivers you're using there were made by Diamond to fix this problem. > > > > Rick > > Thanks Rick, > > Another friend of mine suggested notching down the dot-clock/refresh > rates (probably similar to what you're getting at). > > I checked the 'settings' via NT and found that it's using > a refresh of 75x60. So, back in XF86Config I commented out the > more aggressive: > > # 1600x1200 @ 70 Hz, 87.50 kHz hsync > #Modeline "1600x1200" 189 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 -HSync > -VSync > > and instead used: > > # 1600x1200 @ 60Hz, 75.00 kHz hsync > Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync > +VSync > > This helps considerably. > > Thanks again for your time, > k. > -- > Ken Marx, kmarx@bigshed.com > Ok, but listen. You can't make a ten pound cake with five pounds of flour. We > really have to stay focused and productive and re-engineer the process on the > methodology assets. > - http://cgi.bigshed.com/~kmarx/cgi-bin/speak.cgi > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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