I posted a message yesterday asking for opinions on the Trident Providia 9685 card. Well, last night I installed it, replacing my errant Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro card that I was having so much trouble with. This time around with the Trident, Xconfigurator had no problem picking up the card, it detected the correct rez right off the bat, and I had to do nothing else to it to make it work, whereas when I installed the Diamond, it picked the s3v server, which it wouldn't work with (at least in my case) and I had to end up running xf86config to select the SVGA server and setup the modes and timings by hand. Also gone is the Diamond card's annoying habit of corrupting the terminal font upon exiting from X. Anyway, it was a painless switch, and I'd recommend the 9685 card as an inexpensive solution for running X. I paid $50 for this card about 8 months ago. It has NTSC video out, 4mb EDO onboard, and acceptable performance, although not as fast as the Diamond is for games and such, it is fast enough for X or any other GUI for that matter. (Note: I'm not posting this message to start a video card war on the list. If you think your video card is better, keep it to yourself. I don't shop for the best, I shop for the cheapest!) :) - John Higginbotham - limbo.netpath.net -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
