From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 5 14:21:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A17A037B405 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 14:21:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f75LLH982675; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 09:21:17 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 09:21:17 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Bsd Newbie Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree 3.3.6 speed - SiS630 vs. i815 Message-ID: <20010806092117.A80896@itouchnz.itouch> References: <20010802002755.85878.qmail@web20108.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010802002755.85878.qmail@web20108.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 05:27:55PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 05:27:55PM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote: > > I have FreeBSD running on a BookPC that uses the SiS630 chipset... this > chipset is unbearable slow. > > I saw a small platform the other day based on the i815. > > I'm really begning to move away from a windows platform from my day to day > atcivity replacing time spent there with time spent on my FreeBSD system. > The slow graphics refresh is really beginning to plauge me know. > > I have the i815 on a laptop and it seems to run nicely, but I don't know > how well it will run XFree 3.3.6. The i815 won't run under XFree-3. You'll have to upgrade to XFree-4 for i815 support. As for the speed: it's ok.. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Internet: an empirical test of the idea that a million monkeys banging on a million keyboards can produce Shakespeare To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message