From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 17 19:52:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA27039 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:52:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA27029 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:52:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA21043; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:22:17 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704180252.MAA21043@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Video Card Q In-Reply-To: from "Brian N. Handy" at "Apr 17, 97 04:32:24 pm" To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian N. Handy) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:22:17 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brian N. Handy stands accused of saying: > > I'm trying to put together a new zoomy P6-based system, and I want a good > video card...and I'm at a loss for what's better than what. Since I want > 24-bit color I'll probably be running the XiG server, so absolute solid > XFree86 drivers aren't necessarily of great importance... > > Any advice on what a good card would be? Right now I'm trying to decide > between the #9FX 772 and the #9FX 771 cards. The obvious difference seems > to be one supports "interlaced" and the other supports "sync on green". > One uses the S3 Virge/VX chip and the other...S3 Vision968. I haven't actually used the 772, but the 771 is our favoured high-end card; we have successfully sold several systems to customers that were looking at SGI's based on these cards' performance at 24bpp. (Price was also a contributing factor, I must say 8) If you do buy one, make sure you get one with 4M, as the cards are not upgradeable. > Any good advice out there? Hmm, the Virge is a newer part, so it may well be faster. Can you perhaps talk your dealer into one of each for a comparison test? > Brian -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[