[ale] Need a recommendation

Linux Idiot esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
Thu Jul 16 09:54:35 EDT 1998


Vernard Martin wrote:
> 
> > Please recommend some decent 4M video cards that work well
> > with XFree86/Linux. I'm currently using an S3Virge and it flaky.
> 
> I have been using an S3 Virge 4MB PCI card for quite some time on Redhat 4.2
> with no problems. I usually do 1280x1024 @16bpp (due to monitor restrictions I
> can't do 24bpp at that res). It has never flaked out on me. You might want to
> put your card in another slot to see if that particular slot is flakey rather
> than the chipset.

More specs on my Matrox Mil. card.  4mb pci, RH 5.0, Xfree 3.3.2,
1280x1024 at 32bpp, 20" ViewSonic 20G.
> 
> V
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu)  | 2nd Atlanta Linux Showcase!
> http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/      | October 23 - 24, 1998
> Georgia Tech, College of Computing      | http://www.ale/org/showcase

--
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com

You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????






More information about the Ale mailing list