From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 24 23:59:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA15239 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 23:59:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA15232 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 23:59:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30 † id XAA15566; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 23:59:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA07224; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 23:59:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608250659.XAA07224@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Darren Reed cc: brianc@pobox.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Triton II chipsets In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 24 Aug 96 19:02:44 +1000. <199608240902.CAA20805@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 23:59:30 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------