Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 23:59:30 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: brianc@pobox.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Triton II chipsets Message-ID: <199608250659.XAA07224@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 24 Aug 96 19:02:44 %2B1000. <199608240902.CAA20805@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>In some mail from Brian Campbell, sie said:
>[...]
>> I suspect the HX chipset will support the same configuration registers
>> as the VX, and FX, but I haven't got one to try it with.
>FX is Triton, HX is Triton II, isn't VX Triton III ?
>and is HX faster then VX, if so, why does VX exist ?
If I remember correctly, VX is not high-performance, but low-cost. I
think it's the one that will map video memory into normal RAM, making
a really cheap on-board video controller possible, but also increasing
memory contention.
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