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To: Seppo Kallio <kallio@cc.jyu.fi>
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Subject: Re: * GUS PnP Pro + ATI WinTurbo + XFree + 1200*900*24 * 
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From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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>>> Seppo Kallio said:
 > 
 > Hi!
 > 
 > We are planning to by some Pentium based micros for Unix+X workstations and 
 > use FreeBSD in them. 
 > 
 > We want to use tools like vic, vat, nv, sd and 24 bit colors with about 
 > 1200*900 resolution. 
 > 
 > 1. Is GUS PnP Pro a good solution for sound in/out?

Well, I own a GUS PnP Pro and I am quite happy with it in FreeBSD.
I am curious as to what others who own a GUS PnP think about the card.

 > 2. Is ATI WinTurbo with 4M VRAM good solution? Is someone using it 
 >    and getting 24 bit colors to the screen with about 1152*900 resolution 
 >    (or better)?

I would check out Xinside's Xserver and see what they have to offer 8)

If you like XFree86 then an S3 968 PCI with 4MB of VRAM is not a bad 
choice either from #9 or Diamond. I have a Diamond S3 968 PCI with 4 MB
of VRAM. I usually run it at 1024x768*32.

	Amancio

 > I have a friend who did buy a ATI WinTurbo + 4M RAM but he has problems 
 > getting about 1152*900*24 display. Is it possible using free display 
 > drivers using any display card? Or do we have to buy commersial drivers 
 > for X use to get this resolution and color depth?
 > 
 > Please, tell your opinions or own experience.
 > 
 > Seppo