On Friday 08 December 2000 06:17, regarding RE: [newbie] Diamond Stealth III
S540 agp videocard, you said:
> As an owner of a Savage4 card (same as the S540)...
>
> Why switch from Voodoo3 2000 PCI to a Savage4 AGP? The V3 is more
> widely supported, can be used under XFree86, and is at least as fast as
> the Stealth on 16 bit graphics. The only advantage of the Stealth is that
> it can handle 32 bit graphics.
>
> Adam
>
> On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Brandon Vanderberg wrote:
> > used it fine with mandrake, no issues.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R Edward McCain
> > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:21 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie] Diamond Stealth III S540 agp videocard
> >
> >
> > Are there any known linux issues with this card?
> >
> > http://store.s3.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?SP=10023&PN=1&V1=255159&xid=25
> >971
> >
> > I'd linke to own one, I think. I currently have a 16mb voodoo3 2000 PCI
> > and would love to use my AGP slot.
> >
> > advTHANKSance
> > --
> >
> > R. Edward McCain
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > icq: 599146
> > Registered Linux User #196613
Doesn't the S540 have 32 megs of vram vs 16 on the voodoo3 2k?
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-michael-
