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. > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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