On Tue Dec 20 02:41:29 EST 2011, aku...@mail.nanosouffle.net wrote: > My Thinkpad X200s has an Intel X4500 card, > but vga(3) defaults to using vesa. Has anyone > added any support for this card lately? Or is > there any other vga `type' that can be set in > /dev/vgactl, which would offer better > performance than vesa, for this card?
i think most people are using vesa. unfortunately that limits one to 4:3 graphics modes. which kernel are you using? if you get write-combining going through pat or mtrr, and use double buffering, things should be pretty good on most hardware. (true of the kernels you could download today.) - erik
