On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Andreas Beck wrote:
> > Isn't the ramdac clock always the same as the pixel clock?
> 
> Not quite, depending on the exact definition of pixel clock.
> Using doubling-capabilities of the chipset, it may well be, that the
> programmed clock of the clock systhesizer is higher than what the ramdac
> gets. However it might as well be, that the ramdac is still driven at the
> high frequency, just getting allways the same pixel twice. Depends on
> implementation.

IC, you mean the pixel doubling on some S3s?

But if the RAMDAC clock is different from the pixel clock, it's something to be
managed by the driver internally, right?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
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