My motherboard has an S3 savage4 video adapter and I thought I would save a few bucks and use it. I have 32MB put aside for video memory. The adapter, first of all, won't do 24 bits at 1280x1024 (should require about 8MB), it breaks up, so I have it set for 16 bits (probably no whoop, it's just inconsistent). The big problem is that Xine freezes the entire machine when I start it up (I am thinking lack of video overlay capability on the adapter). I am using the latest Xine, installed clean (not over the Xine that came with Mandrake). Do I need to part with the cash, or is there a way around this? I looked on the S3 web site but the driver there is from 2000, so I've got to believe it won't be an improvement, unless I am missing something.
thanks
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