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Date:      Thu, 19 Oct 2000 07:29:52 +1000
From:      "Doug Young" <oracle@bryden.apana.org.au>
To:        "Jeremy Vandenhouten" <jeremy.vandenhouten@marquette.edu>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Videocard query
Message-ID:  <00ac01c0394a$8e4dcb40$837e03cb@dougy>
References:  <33970833a8fe.33a8fe339708@marquette.edu>

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Thanks Jeremy ..... I've had a few responses from my posting & every one
recommends
ATI cards, so that must mean they are a good thing :)  I have had very good
results with
them in Solaris & Win2000, so its nice to know they work well in X as well.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Vandenhouten" <jeremy.vandenhouten@marquette.edu>
To: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>;
<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: Videocard query


> I've been able to pick up slightly older model ATI cards which when
> used in conjunction with newer versions of XFree86 provide
> acceleration. I recently picked up a Xpert98 8mb PCI card online for 20
> bucks + it had a 25 dollar rebate. (getting paid to buy something, good
> concept) I've had good experiences with ATI cards and FreeBSD in
> general.
>
> Good Hunting.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>
> Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 7:23 am
> Subject: Videocard query
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>



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