Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:23:39 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Videocard query Message-ID: <022d01c038fe$58d533f0$837e03cb@dougy>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0226_01C03952.10C43710 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'd appreciate comments from X users as to what videocards work well = with XF86Config. I run a=20 heap of CLI gateway / webserver / mailserver boxes, but occasionally = have a use for GUI stuff as well. What I'm looking for are reasonably priced (ie not those horribly = overpriced Matrox things) PCI or=20 AGP videocards that allow something like 16 bit 800x600 resolution or = better & which are straightforward to configure. I know to avoid rubbish like SiS which rarely work well = even in Windows but I have no idea=20 exactly what fairly basic cards do give good results. ------=_NextPart_000_0226_01C03952.10C43710 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3207.2500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'd appreciate comments from X users as = to what=20 videocards work well with XF86Config. I run a </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>heap of CLI gateway / webserver / = mailserver boxes,=20 but occasionally have a use for GUI stuff as well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What I'm looking for are = reasonably priced (ie=20 not those horribly overpriced Matrox things) PCI or </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>AGP videocards that allow something = like 16 bit=20 </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>800x600 resolution or better & = </FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>which are straightforward</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>to configure. </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>I know=20 to avoid rubbish like </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>SiS which = rarely work well=20 even </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>in Windows but I have no idea = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>exactly </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>what fairly=20 basic cards do </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>give good = results.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0226_01C03952.10C43710-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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