[ale] Video card for XFree86 at high res

[Patrick Ramsey]

I'm using an Velocity 4400 which uses the newer Riva chipset and my server flies! Anything from 640x480x8 to 1600x1200x32

(The 4400 has 16 megz of ram however)  The Riva chipset definately smokes though! (And work for an excellerated server is in progress)

-Patrick


>>> Steve Tynor <tynor at outside.atlanta.twr.com> 04/19 5:31 PM >>>
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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