Information for S3 ViRGE Users The XFree86 Project Inc. 19 Dec 2001 1. Supported hardware The s3virge driver in XFree86 4.8.0 supports the S3 ViRGE, ViRGE DX, GX, GX2, MX, MX+, and VX chipsets. It also supports Trio3D and Trio3D/2x chips. A majority of testing is done on ViRGE DX chips, making them the most stable to date. This release has added support for doublescan modes on DX. This driver is stable Please report any and all problems to using the appropriate bug report sheet. 2. Features: o fully accelerated support for S3 ViRGE family video adapters o uses linear frame buffer o supports resolutions up to 2048x2048 o supports color depths of 8, 15, 16 and 24 o full use of video card memory for acceleration caching when visible framebuffer leaves extra memory o XVideo on DX, GX, GX2, MX, MX+ and Trio3D/2X at depth 16 and 24 o Doublescan modes on DX, possibly others (untested) 3. Configuration: The driver auto-detects RAM size, RAMDAC and ClockChip, so do not bother putting these in your "Device" section. 4. Documentation: The driver has several supported options which are documented in the s3virge man page, and wo which you should refer for additional details about XF86Con- fig options. 5. Support: For support with XFree86 video drivers refer to our web site at XFree86 . For problems not addressed in the web page please contact our support email address 6. Authors o Mark Vojkovich o Sebastien Marineau o Harald Koenig o Matt Grossman o Kevin Brosius Generated from XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/s3virge.sgml,v 1.7 dawes Exp $