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Release 0.3 of the S3 xserver is now available on ftp.robots.ox.ac.uk in
/pub/linux/S3 and SunSite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/X11/X-servers/s3 when their
mirror next fires up.

The new release has little changed from 0.2b except it now supports S3 86C801
based cards (albeit with a hardware cursor bug), but I won't be able to do any
more work on the server till mid January hence the release now.

I have also put up a version of Xfree86 with an un-accelarated S3 driver, this
isn't of much use apart from giving the dot clock speeds for S3 cards. 

If you are thinking of buying a S3 card please bare in mind there is a great
range of performace for S3 cards and that the new (higher performance) 928
chip has just been released.  There follows xbench results for a variety of
(S3) cards:

All tests ran on 486/33s linux and XS3 versions varies:

Fast ET4000 (Orchid Pro designer II)
TOTAL     56873 lineStones
TOTAL      5266 fillStones
TOTAL      1924 blitStones
TOTAL    870336 arcStones
TOTAL     57062 textStones
TOTAL      6993 complexStones
TOTAL      6646 xStones


Slow S3 911 (old Orchid Farenhite 1280 - but not sure if a 486/33)
TOTAL     56746 lineStones
TOTAL     16390 fillStones
TOTAL     10463 blitStones
TOTAL   1425872 arcStones
TOTAL     53625 textStones
TOTAL     34444 complexStones
TOTAL     24625 xStones

[Diamond stealth gives 30k xstones, but due to Diamond stupidity will not be
supported reliably]

70MHz S3 911 (Actix GraphicsEngine70)
TOTAL    103781 lineStones
TOTAL     21777 fillStones
TOTAL     16997 blitStones
TOTAL   2580416 arcStones
TOTAL     83875 textStones
TOTAL     46797 complexStones
TOTAL     37496 xStones

S3 924 (new Orchid farenhite 1280)
TOTAL    111640 lineStones
TOTAL     30450 fillStones
TOTAL     21935 blitStones
TOTAL   2871708 arcStones
TOTAL    103812 textStones
TOTAL     62222 complexStones
TOTAL     48559 xStones

S3 801 (Actix GraphicsEngine32)
TOTAL    102774 lineStones
TOTAL     45363 fillStones
TOTAL     27382 blitStones
TOTAL   2485082 arcStones
TOTAL    113125 textStones
TOTAL     97712 complexStones
TOTAL     60897 xStones

And Sun Sparc1+ cg3
TOTAL    121149 lineStones
TOTAL     13219 fillStones
TOTAL     10735 blitStones
TOTAL   2112958 arcStones
TOTAL    134750 textStones
TOTAL     22418 complexStones
TOTAL     25901 xStones



Jon.

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