5 Using XF86_SVGA with ET4000/W32 and ET6000 cards

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Starting with XFree86-3.2A, the SVGA server uses the new XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA). With this technology XF86_SVGA is at least as fast if not faster than the XF86_W32 with the same hardware. Additionally, it supports higher color depths with some cards. On the downside, some special RAMDACs and clock chips that are supported in XF86_W32 for W32 cards are not supported in the SVGA server at this point.

If the SVGA server does not give a picture with your W32 card try the following:

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