Lawrence Chim wrote: >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.
You're right none of the Matrox cards use S3 ViRGE. Must have go mixed up. > >> 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. > Right again Lawrence. >Lawrence Chim, > > Sorry for the screw ups Bob. I believe the crap I said bout the S3 holds some water though. Apparently Psikotic
