Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:13:04 +0100 From: Ulrich Spoerlein <q@uni.de> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: XFree86 4.3.0 update Message-ID: <20030319181304.GC335@galgenberg.net> In-Reply-To: <20030319003933.J88684@znfgre.tberna.bet> References: <200303180051.LAA03851@lightning.itga.com.au> <20030319003933.J88684@znfgre.tberna.bet>
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--H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 19.03.2003 at 00:40:41 -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > > Make sure your X session is running with depth >=3D 16!!!! >=20 > I read an article from what should be a reliable source that said all > modern SVGA cards perform best at their maximum color depth, since that's > how they're optimized. _Probably_ true for 2D and Desktop usage (though I doubt it) and _definitely_ not true for 3D Usage (all those 32bit textures need to be transferred from Chip <-> RAM, the smaller they are the faster the card goes). So the 16 vs 32 bit case is clear. But it might be true that 8bit modes "suck" at newer hardware (because of emulation?) --H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+eLMwmArGtfDbn0QRAiSBAJ0T6Hke9TTJekztUrUjkMOa1pbTBACcChAc iIGmoMxn22WKuHgd5yR0dMU= =cOn2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --H+4ONPRPur6+Ovig-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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