[ale] Re:

Jim Kinney jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Mon May 10 21:15:47 EDT 1999


Try a Matrox Millineum. It's well supported under X and Windoze. I
compiled in the framebuffer stuff for it with kernel 2.2.6 and got a cute
Tux on boot up ;) Graphics seem a little faster (_very_ subjective)

James Kinney M.S.Physics		jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Educational Technology Specialist	404-727-4734
Department of Physics Emory University	http://teller.physics.emory.edu

On Mon, 10 May 1999, Matthew Brown wrote:

> Can anyone suggest a good video card for combo use with Windows and Linux?
> 
> Also, do you have any opinions on monitors?  It seems to me tyhat Trinitron
> is still the best (crisp, bright, clear), but my experience is VERY limited.
> I only see what comes through our office.
> 
> I am getting ready to do some small upgrades, and these will be the two main
> things I change.
> 
> Best regards,
> -Matthew Brown
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patrick Ramsey <Ramsey_Patrick at promina.org>
> To: <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 2:17 PM
> Subject: [ale] Re:
> 
> 
> >Dude, go get the latest Xfree and or RedHat 6.0
> >
> >(I would suggest the latter of the two.... RH6.0 installs VERY nicely and
> comes with the latest drivers for multiple cards and the Gnome interface)
> >
> >Actually now that I think about it, I don't believe Xfree supports the
> Banshee yet...  You may want to go to Xfree's site and look under supported
> hardware to see if you card is there. (www.xfree.org)
> >
> >If your card is not supported by standard Xfree servers, so a search on
> lycos or something for banshee and Xfree or xserver... I do believe there is
> a 3rd party server for Xfree.  I remember vaguely seeing the guys web page
> but do not remember the links I followed to get there.. :)
> >
> >-Patrick
> >
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> > I have a 3DFX Banshee graphics card and I cannot get more than 16 =
> >colors in Xfree86. If anyone knows how I can get a decent color depth =
> >going in x-windows please let me know! thank you!
> >
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