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Subject: Re: Videocard query
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Thanks Dan ... judging from the response it appears that everyone on the
list has had
good experiences with ATI stuff :)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Bye" <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net>
To: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>;
<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:02 AM
Subject: RE: Videocard query


> I'd agree with this.  (not that I got paid to buy an ATI card, mind you).
>
> ATI cards are available for quite cheap to quite expensive, but they WORK
> with minimal fuss.  I also use a Xpert98-based card, and it is excellent.
> Possibly overkill for what you want, but you could probably get a
lower-spec
> one, for even cheaper (i.e., get even more money back for buying one!)
>
> Dan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremy Vandenhouten [mailto:jeremy.vandenhouten@marquette.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 3:02 PM
> > To: Doug Young; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > 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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