Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:19:20 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 486 - Pushing it for an X-Server? Message-ID: <19980428121920.25294@papillon.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3541F5F7.843520BE@tdx.co.uk>; from Karl Pielorz on Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 03:40:55PM %2B0100 References: <3541F5F7.843520BE@tdx.co.uk>
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On Sat, 25 April 1998 at 15:40:55 +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote: > Hi, > > I have a 486DX4-100 which I would like to use as a 'remote' terminal system > for my main machine (which is a dual PPro 200 running 3.0-CURRENT). > > The 486 has 16Mb of RAM and a Trident (!Chipset forgotten - but supported by > SVGA X-Server!) VESA Local bus card. With that combination, the CPU isn't going to be the limiting factor. You would get better performance with more memory, and a faster display board would be of advantage if you're doing heavy graphics. If I had that particular combination, I'd add another 16 MB memory, but that relates to my usage of X (many windows, mainly text). Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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