Re: Good video card?

2007-05-29 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 12:12:47AM -0500, Jacob S wrote:
 
 I'm looking to purchase a new video card to replace a dying Radeon
 9200. The 9200 was relatively easy to install - load the kernel module
 and set the correct driver in the xorg.conf file and it was good to go
 - - no compiling drivers or kernels. However, this is the second 9200 to
 die on me, so I'm looking for something different this time - but still
 easy to setup.

I went with an Asus EN7300GT Silent.  It uses the nVidia GeForce7300GT,
has 256 MB ram, no fan (huge heatsink), and does most things in hardware
if you use the nVidia driver.  I've had it for about 6 months so I don't
know about longevity.  Setup is simple: get xorg working with the nv
driver, save the xorg.conf, install the nvidia kernel metapackage so
that it will always match the installed kernel, and run the setup
program.

The nVidia driver gives a clearer picture for me in the following
situation:
watching a DVD that is normally 1024x768 but instead at full
screen 1600x1200, deinterlace blend, using the vlc viewer.

The nVidia driver handles the jpeg conversion in hardware allowing the
main CPU to just idle.



For longevity, I'd have to look to my older computers: my PII uses
Trident VideoExcell AGP.  Never tried to watch a movie with it and I've
never tried googleearth (whatever that is).

My other old computer (486) still uses its builtin S3 that isn't
supported by Xorg.  But it still works as well as it ever did.


Whatever modern card you use, watch the temperature of it.  If it is
fanless, ensure that you have adequate case fans.

Doug.


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Re: Good video card?

2007-05-27 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 27 May 2007, Russell L. Harris wrote:
 * Jacob S [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070527 00:14]:
  I'm looking to purchase a new video card to replace a dying Radeon
  9200. The 9200 was relatively easy to install - load the kernel module
  and set the correct driver in the xorg.conf file and it was good to go
  - - no compiling drivers or kernels. However, this is the second 9200 to
  die on me, so I'm looking for something different this time - but still
  easy to setup.
  
  Any recommendations?
 
 I know of three or four Matrox G550 cards (uses the MGA driver) which
 have been in service for several years and perform flawlessly.  The
 installer (and the X configuration routine) finds them, and no manual
 configuration is required.
 
 RLH

I've had one of these for a couple of years and it's fine. However, it
cannot run googleearth. 

One advantage is that it doesn't have a fan so doesn't create additional
noise.

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Re: Good video card?

2007-05-27 Thread Ron Johnson
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On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote:
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 Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs of
 RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl
 *almost* works). Although it's not state of the art (I was reviewing
 some of the writeups on current, bleeding edge graphics cards, and
 basically I was just floored -- those things are practically
 supercomputers...). Still, a 5200 or something similar might run you
 close to $50.

Make that $29 at NewEgg.

(You don't mention whether this is AGP 2X, 4X or 8X.  This *is* AGP,
right?)

I also vote nvidia.

All prices at NewEgg:

GeForce FX5500 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $48
Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $51

For future use, though, I'd buy an OpenGL 2.0 card:
PNY VCG62256APB GeForce 6200 256MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X  $60

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Re: Good video card?

2007-05-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom

Ron Johnson wrote:

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On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote:
[snip]

Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs of
RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl
*almost* works). Although it's not state of the art (I was reviewing
some of the writeups on current, bleeding edge graphics cards, and
basically I was just floored -- those things are practically
supercomputers...). Still, a 5200 or something similar might run you
close to $50.


Make that $29 at NewEgg.

(You don't mention whether this is AGP 2X, 4X or 8X.  This *is* AGP,
right?)

I also vote nvidia.

All prices at NewEgg:

GeForce FX5500 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $48
Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $51

For future use, though, I'd buy an OpenGL 2.0 card:
PNY VCG62256APB GeForce 6200 256MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X  $60



I run a Sid two-seater and with that sort of setup I also vote for 
nvidia. And the nvidia drivers (post 87xx) are superb, closed source all 
that is true.


Hugo


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Re: Good video card?

2007-05-27 Thread Jacob S
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 On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote:
 [snip]
  Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs
  of RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl
  *almost* works). Although it's not state of the art (I was reviewing
  some of the writeups on current, bleeding edge graphics cards, and
  basically I was just floored -- those things are practically
  supercomputers...). Still, a 5200 or something similar might run you
  close to $50.
 
 Make that $29 at NewEgg.
 
 (You don't mention whether this is AGP 2X, 4X or 8X.  This *is* AGP,
 right?)

Yes, this is AGP 4x/8x. And while it doesn't need much in the 3d
department, enough to run googleearth would be nice.
 
 I also vote nvidia.
 
 All prices at NewEgg:
 
 GeForce FX5500 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $48
 Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $51
 
 For future use, though, I'd buy an OpenGL 2.0 card:
 PNY VCG62256APB GeForce 6200 256MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X  $60

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Jacob
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Good video card?

2007-05-26 Thread Jacob S
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Howdy List,

I'm looking to purchase a new video card to replace a dying Radeon
9200. The 9200 was relatively easy to install - load the kernel module
and set the correct driver in the xorg.conf file and it was good to go
- - no compiling drivers or kernels. However, this is the second 9200 to
die on me, so I'm looking for something different this time - but still
easy to setup.

Any recommendations?

TIA  HAND,
Jacob
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Re: Good video card?

2007-05-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Jacob S [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070527 00:14]:
 I'm looking to purchase a new video card to replace a dying Radeon
 9200. The 9200 was relatively easy to install - load the kernel module
 and set the correct driver in the xorg.conf file and it was good to go
 - - no compiling drivers or kernels. However, this is the second 9200 to
 die on me, so I'm looking for something different this time - but still
 easy to setup.
 
 Any recommendations?

I know of three or four Matrox G550 cards (uses the MGA driver) which
have been in service for several years and perform flawlessly.  The
installer (and the X configuration routine) finds them, and no manual
configuration is required.

RLH


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Re: Good video card?

2007-05-26 Thread David Fox

On 5/26/07, Russell L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I know of three or four Matrox G550 cards (uses the MGA driver) which
have been in service for several years and perform flawlessly.  The


Ditto. I had a Matrox G450 for over six years - gave it to a friend. It's a
fine card for (mostly) 2D stuff, very capable, but lacks a little bit in the 3d
department, although some 3d stuff works. But for newer 3d experiences,
you're better off with a more recent card as the memory requirements have
dramatically increased for that sort of thing (beryl, for instance),
and the Matrox
simply doesn't have adequate RAM for that.

Incidentally, the Matrox cost me about $65 back in March of 2001 when
I put my current system together.  My prior card was an ATI Graphics
Expression, which at the time I purchased it (1995?) went for over
$300. (!)

Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs of
RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl
*almost* works). Although it's not state of the art (I was reviewing
some of the writeups on current, bleeding edge graphics cards, and
basically I was just floored -- those things are practically
supercomputers...). Still, a 5200 or something similar might run you
close to $50.





installer (and the X configuration routine) finds them, and no manual
configuration is required.

RLH


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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-09 Thread Hannu Koivisto
Mark Mealman [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no_spam) writes:

| Is SVGAlib going to be updated any time soon? I know it's a major hack with

Well, I guess some ppl hack it still somewhat (for example, I
know a certain fellow who recently added support for a new
graphics card), but I don't think there will be any actual
development. It's dead. If you think it's not, shoot it.

| security holes the size of Texas, but Linux + SVGA = a hell of a gaming
| machine.

Linux + (X11 + Mesa/some-commercial-OpenGL) or GGI = a hell of a
gaming machine.

| Is SVGAlib dead? Is there ever going to be a replacement for it?

I guess you can consider (lib)GGI as its replacement for all
practical purposes. I'm not exactly a fan of GGI project, but
that's completely another subject.

//Hannu


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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-09 Thread King Lee


On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Shaleh wrote:

 ATI does NOT support Linux or Xfree in ANY way.  All users should
 boycott them in general.  Besides, the cards are CHEAP not inexpensive. 
 There is a difference.  Spend the 20 extra bucks for a Matrox.  Or
 someone else's card.  The ATi all-in-one wonder card can not be used in
 Linux because they refuse to release any specs.  That is from Alan Cox,
 not me.

Thanks for info. I prefer to use hardware which is (1) supported by Linux
and (2) whose manufacturer cooperates with Linux Developers.
However, in considering a new video card I checked with with docs 
the most recent XF86 FAQ at 
http://x.physics.usyd.edu.au/FAQ 
which said that Mach64 RageII and other newer chips were suppored.
They did indicate problems with the Mach64 server with these 
chips, which I assume would be worked out because the chips are new.

   (1) Have ATI changed their policy regarding cooperation with Linux?
   Or have they always been noncooperativer?
   (2) Can anyone recommend another inexpensive PCI  
board ( $100 US) with 8MB of   memory that 
   is well supported by Linux. 

I want a PCI card with 8MB video ram for larger virtual screen.
I don't care about 3D as I don't play games.
I am now leaning to toward the Matrox Mystique even though
PCI Matrox Mystique comes with 4 MB and the 4MB memory upgrade 
brings price slightly above my $100 limit  and I would rather
not have to stuff chips. 
 
Thanks.
King Lee
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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-09 Thread King Lee


On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Shaleh wrote:

 Well on Alan Cox's web page for TV in Linux he has a pretty GIF that has
 the red circle w/ the slash on an ATi logo and specifically states that
 until ATi gives out specs their all-in-wonder card will not do anything

Sorry to bother you, but could you give URL. I do want to support
vendors that support Linux, but I'm confused.

snip
King



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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-09 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 11:53:55AM -0500, Mark Mealman wrote:
 
 Is SVGAlib dead? Is there ever going to be a replacement for it?

Maybe GGI will do it. Still in early development.

GGI is short for General Graphics Interface and aims at kernel space ;)

Marcus

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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-08 Thread Lawrence Walton
You might take a look at this before saying that. 

http://www.xfree86.org/sponsors.html

Lawrence Walton
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Network Manager
425.739.4247

On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Shaleh wrote:

 ATI does NOT support Linux or Xfree in ANY way.  All users should
 boycott them in general.  Besides, the cards are CHEAP not inexpensive. 
 There is a difference.  Spend the 20 extra bucks for a Matrox.  Or
 someone else's card.  The ATi all-in-one wonder card can not be used in
 Linux because they refuse to release any specs.  That is from Alan Cox,
 not me.
 
 
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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-08 Thread Shaleh
Well on Alan Cox's web page for TV in Linux he has a pretty GIF that has
the red circle w/ the slash on an ATi logo and specifically states that
until ATi gives out specs their all-in-wonder card will not do anything
more than X.  SO I refuse to support ATi.  And would ask all others to
do the same.  A capitalist society is the purest form of democracy.  You
vote with your money.  I refuse to gve ATi any of mine.


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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-08 Thread Alan Su
Shaleh wrote (Tue, 07 Jul 1998 21:59:32 -0400 ):
|Well on Alan Cox's web page for TV in Linux he has a pretty GIF that has
|the red circle w/ the slash on an ATi logo and specifically states that
|until ATi gives out specs their all-in-wonder card will not do anything
|more than X.  SO I refuse to support ATi.  And would ask all others to
|do the same.  A capitalist society is the purest form of democracy.  You
|vote with your money.  I refuse to gve ATi any of mine.
|

This is all well and good, but the fact remains that your original
statement (ATI does NOT support Linux or Xfree in ANY way) was
wrong.  This isn't really a black and white issue, and while ATI may
not be the most open-computing-friendly company, I really think there
are many more worthy targets for such boycotts.

As far as the original question goes, I'm running XFree86 on my
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and it works great.  If you're still wary about installing
hamm and opt for bo instead, you may want to upgrade to a later
version of the XFree86 Mach64 server (at least I did when I installed
it...the version being 3.3.2 I think).

-alan


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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-08 Thread Marsh Ray

*-Shaleh ( 7 Jul)
|
| price range.  As a general comment I say avoid Diamond.  For a long time
| they have not supported any form of driver for their cards (even their
| Windows support is not all that great).

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Didn't this occur around 3 or 4 years ago?

Yes, but . . .
To this day we still don't have working Win95 drivers
for their Speedstar Pro VL product.  Our company received
several of these in new computers.  If they're going to abandon
their own products, my company will not be purchasing any more
of them.

Story goes they got into a finger-pointing contest with
Microsoft and Cirrus Logic over who should write the drivers.

- Marsh



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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-08 Thread Frank Barknecht
Adam Klein hat gesagt: // Adam Klein wrote:

 I'm about to buy a new computer, and I'd like a recommendation for a
 mid-range ($100-$150) video card that works well with XFree86.
 
   Thanks,
   Adam Klein

I do like cards with the NVidia RIVA 128 chip like Diamond Viper, STB Velocity
or Elsa Erazor. (Yes, Elsa is supporting the XFree project) 
Vipers are really inexpensive and VERY fast under X. And they make QuakeII look 
great under Win95 if that is important to you ...

By the way: Is there any SVGATextmode and SVGAlib support for Riva chips? 
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RE: What's a good video card?

1998-07-08 Thread Richard Pemberton
I am running a mystique 2 4mb, is damn fast, with both windows and Xfree86,
it is a good fast 2d card.

BUT

It does not support a lot of the lower VESA2 resououtions (eg 400x300), this
will not cause any problems with linux, but in dos\windows stuff it can be a
real sh*t. - especially with games and PC-Demos (not game demos) - and
scitech dd only just helps to recitfy this problem some of the time - ie
hardly ever.

some programs have difficulty accesing the liner farme buffer, and hence
hang the machine. (again not linux specific)

its direct X, 3D accel. is naf, again not a problem with linux.

despite ati's refusal to release info, i believ the rage pro series do run
Xfree, the windows drivers are ok - the new drivers will be very welcome
tho. direct X 3D accel is very damn good, and full vesa 2 support.

Rick

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 mid-range ($100-$150) video card that works well with XFree86.

   Thanks,
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RE: What's a good video card?

1998-07-08 Thread Lars Steinke
A brilliant card for Xfree and a real steal at the moment is the
Xpert series from ATI: The XFree support is fab - all res, acceleration
features, most color depths (apart from 24 bit, that is) are supported
with 230MHz RAMDAC. Only drawback: No SVGAlib support (hardly any of the
new chips have...)

It's a very good card for DOS/Win9X gaming as well and features DVD
support (not in LinUX...). Win9X drivers are stable and performant, MPEG
decoding looks extremely well. Makes it a brilliant allround card -
lightning fast 2D, pretty decent 3D performance with high quality !
Have a look at http://www.angelfire.com/ca/rchau/ and
http://www.xfree86.org for more infos...

Personally I am running the [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 8MB SGRAM, there is also the
cheaper little brother, Xpert98, same RagePro chip but EDORAM I
think (and no TV-out, which is a bit pointless with LinUX anyway, as
it's certainly not the premier gaming platform, yet)...

Regards,

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RE: What's a good video card?

1998-07-08 Thread Mark Mealman
On Wed, 08 Jul 1998, Lars Steinke wrote:
A brilliant card for Xfree and a real steal at the moment is the
Xpert series from ATI: The XFree support is fab - all res, acceleration
features, most color depths (apart from 24 bit, that is) are supported
with 230MHz RAMDAC. Only drawback: No SVGAlib support (hardly any of the
new chips have...)

Is SVGAlib going to be updated any time soon? I know it's a major hack with
security holes the size of Texas, but Linux + SVGA = a hell of a gaming
machine.

X-Quake just doesn't look work quite right for me. I'd love to play it from the
console, but I have a Millineum II chip which won't go above 320x200 under
svgalib.

Is SVGAlib dead? Is there ever going to be a replacement for it?

Mark


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What's a good video card?

1998-07-07 Thread Adam Klein
I'm about to buy a new computer, and I'd like a recommendation for a
mid-range ($100-$150) video card that works well with XFree86.

Thanks,
Adam Klein


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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-07 Thread Geoff Brimhall
I'd recommend Matrox's card, because it is one of the few which currently works 
well with ggi (which is still an alpha project, but *very* cool), in addition 
to X.


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Subject: What's a good video card?


I'm about to buy a new computer, and I'd like a recommendation for a
mid-range ($100-$150) video card that works well with XFree86.

Thanks,
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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-07 Thread Shaleh
Should I buy a Chevy or a Ford? (-:  (Sorry for the non-US who will not
get that joke)  Seriously, I have a Matrox Mystique 4mb card.  I run
Xfree in 1152x864 @ 16 and 24bpp w/ no hassles.  Smooth and fast.  I
would recommend a Millenium for serious stuff -- but that is out of your
price range.  As a general comment I say avoid Diamond.  For a long time
they have not supported any form of driver for their cards (even their
Windows support is not all that great).


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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-07 Thread Adam Klein
On Tue, Jul 07, 1998 at 12:17:00PM -0700, Geoff Brimhall wrote:
 I'd recommend Matrox's card, because it is one of the few which currently 
 works well with ggi (which is still an alpha project, but *very* cool), in 
 addition to X.
 
 

Which Matrox card?

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 mid-range ($100-$150) video card that works well with XFree86.
 
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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-07 Thread Shaleh
Which Matrox?

Either a Mystique (4mb) or a Millenium (8 or 12mb).  The millenium is
out of the price range you asked for (200-240 US).


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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-07 Thread King Lee


On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Shaleh wrote:

 Should I buy a Chevy or a Ford? (-:  (Sorry for the non-US who will not
 get that joke)  Seriously, I have a Matrox Mystique 4mb card.  I run
 Xfree in 1152x864 @ 16 and 24bpp w/ no hassles.  Smooth and fast.  I
 would recommend a Millenium for serious stuff -- but that is out of your
 price range.  As a general comment I say avoid Diamond.  For a long time
 they have not supported any form of driver for their cards (even their
 Windows support is not all that great).
 
I was considering a ATI @expert because the 8MB version is  $100.
Does anyone have any experience running this card with Linux.

Thanks

King Lee


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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-07 Thread Shaleh
ATI does NOT support Linux or Xfree in ANY way.  All users should
boycott them in general.  Besides, the cards are CHEAP not inexpensive. 
There is a difference.  Spend the 20 extra bucks for a Matrox.  Or
someone else's card.  The ATi all-in-one wonder card can not be used in
Linux because they refuse to release any specs.  That is from Alan Cox,
not me.


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Re: What's a good video card?

1998-07-07 Thread servis
*-Shaleh ( 7 Jul)
|
| price range.  As a general comment I say avoid Diamond.  For a long time
| they have not supported any form of driver for their cards (even their
| Windows support is not all that great).
| 

Well according to /usr/doc/X11/doc/README:(for X 3.3.2.2)


  .Most other Diamond boards will work with
this release of XFree86. Diamond is actively supporting The XFree86 Project,
Inc.

Didn't this occur around 3 or 4 years ago?

Brian 
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