psiko wrote: > > > > > I am about to buy a new machine. Gateway 2000 is attractive, but > >it uses a 2mb Matrox card (model not specified, and the salesman > >doesn't know) standard, and offers STB ViRGE /VX 4 and 8 mb cards as > >options. The latest Hardware-HOWTO I have found (v6969, 14 November > >1995) doesn't list these cards as being supported in XFree86. > > > > Does anyone have any experience running these cards under X? > > > > What does "ViRGE" mean? It is printed with a trade mark symbol > >following it, as if it is proprietary, but I notice several brands of > >cards use it in their model names. > > > >Bob > > > > > > Some Matrox cards use a popular 3D accelerator chip named S3 ViRGE/VX. > "ViRGE" is just a model name S3 uses to differentiate from their plain old > non-3D chips. "ViRGE /VX" is the same as the "ViRGE" model except that it > uses the much faster VRAM and hence the g'damned high retail price. >
None of the Matrox cards are using S3 ViRGE. > Though the Matrox card is not listed in XFree86, I'm pretty sure you may > use the "Generic S3 ViRGE/VX" servers/drivers. I have been using a card > with S3 ViRGE/VX configured with the Generic driver for months now and it > works GREAT. There is a server for Matrox card, the name of the server is something like SMGA. Lawrence Chim,