From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 18 14:22:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bryden.apana.org.au (bryden.apana.org.au [203.3.126.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8B6C37B4E5 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:22:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dougy (dougy.apana.org.au [203.3.126.131]) by bryden.apana.org.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA00200; Thu, 19 Oct 2000 07:28:06 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from oracle@bryden.apana.org.au) Message-ID: <00ac01c0394a$8e4dcb40$837e03cb@dougy> From: "Doug Young" To: "Jeremy Vandenhouten" Cc: References: <33970833a8fe.33a8fe339708@marquette.edu> Subject: Re: Videocard query Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 07:29:52 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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" To: "Doug Young" ; 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" > 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