Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:19:45 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Joseph E. Royce" <joe@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Videocard query Message-ID: <023e01c03906$187d8480$837e03cb@dougy> References: <022d01c038fe$58d533f0$837e03cb@dougy> <20001018080507.A13581@freyr.cba.ualr.edu>
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Thanks Joseph I've used those with very satisfactory results in both Win2000 & Solaris, but never yet in FreeBSD / XF86, so sounds like thats something to try. I've just been messing around with some old PCI Cirrus Logic things but they are proving to be more trouble than they are worth !!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph E. Royce" <joe@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 11:05 PM Subject: Re: Videocard query > On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 10:23:39PM +1000, Doug Young wrote: > > I'd appreciate comments from X users as to what videocards work > >well with XF86Config. I run a > > 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 > > 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 > > exactly what fairly basic cards do give good results. > > > > > > > > > The ATI cards based on the Rage Pro chip work fairly well. They have > been supported by XFree86 for a while now too. > HTH > -Joe > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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