From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 31 17:54:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA20933 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 17:54:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA20928 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 17:54:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id UAA12847; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:54:36 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199711010154.UAA12847@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: X server performance and video cards In-Reply-To: <199711010101.TAA08922@nospam.hiwaay.net> from "dkelly@HiWAAY.net" at "Oct 31, 97 07:01:41 pm" To: dkelly@HiWAAY.net Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:54:36 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk dkelly@HiWAAY.net said: > Am thinking about a new video card. Any pointers of relative > performance of one card versus another? Have heard the Matrox Millenium > family is well liked and very fast, but where/how is this quantified? > My personal opinion is this order: Matrox Millenium S3 Cirrus ATI Assuming the individual card is supported. I have a #9 Motion 771 and a Matrox, and LOVE both. I have also had machines with the Cirrus Logic series, and certainly wouldn't put those down. My (personal) opinion of ATI has decreased somewhat. I am also fond of at least 16bpp at least 1024x768. For my work, >16bpp isn't that important, but for others it is important. So much for my babble... John