On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Randy Edwards wrote:

-Could someone please give me an overview of what a RAMDAC is, what it
-does, and how one finds out which one he has on his video card
-(specifically, the above;-)?  If so, I'd greatly appreciate it.

it's a little square chip that converts the digital signal from your graphics
card into analogue form that is sent to your monitor.
Don't worry about it, don't pick one, the X server should sort it out for you.
Mine does (Matrox Mystique 2MB)

Anyone know if the Matrox Rainbow Runner works under Linux?

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