[Fwd: [ale] Video card for XFree86 at high res]

[Clay Lawrence]

David Brooks wrote:
> 
> I'm running an ATi Rage 3D (xpert 98) 8MB AGP, and I'm hitting
> 1280x1024x32bpp @ 75Hz.
> I havent tested any resolution above that, so I don't know about color
> depths (or even if my monitor can support anything higher, its a Mitsubishi
> 17").
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clay Lawrence <servo at bellsouth.net>
> To: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
> Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 6:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Video card for XFree86 at high res
> 
> >I'm using a Rina TNT 550 w/16mb Video ram on X 3.3.3 without problems
> >with both the SVGA server and Vmware's version of the svga server.
> >
> >HTH
> >Clay
> >Steve Tynor wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks to all for all the help with my SiS 8326 video configuration
> >> problem. The concensus is that I'd done pretty much all there was to do:
> >> the card simply is not yet supported well under XFree86 3.3.3.
> >>
> >> So...  It's time to choose a different card.  Here are the ones the
> >> dealer carries for which I could swap.   My requirement is to be able to
> >> run >=1280x1024, >=24bpp, >=75Hz refresh, non-interlaced.
> >>
> >> Which of the following cards are best supported (at those resolutions)
> >> by XFree86?
> >>
> >>         Card                            XFree86 server
> >>
> >>         Matrox Millenium G200           XF86_SVGA
> >>         ATI Fury                        ??? not supported?
> >>         TNT "Riva"                      XF86_SVGA
> >>         3D Interactive "Banshee"        ??? not supported?
> >>
> >> (I've checked http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html, but am looking for
> >> some folk with real-world experience with these cards -- I naively
> >> thought the SiS card would work based on my preliminary browing of the
> >> web -- would like a warm fuzzy that whatever I replace it with will
> >> "just work").
> >>
> >> If you'd recommend "none of the above", what's a good, reliable card
> >> that I ought to be looking for?  I'm not a game player, so 3d gaming
> >> engines aren't all that important for me: I'm just looking for a good
> >> high res x server for lots of xterms, emacs's, netscape windows.
> >>
> >> Thanks a bunch!
> >>
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> >> Never express yourself more clearly than you think. -- Niels Bohr
> >>
> >> Steve Tynor             Email:   Steve.Tynor at atlanta.twr.com
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> >