Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 17:49:38 +1000 From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Video Card Q Message-ID: <19970419174938.49083@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199704182313.QAA27968@crab.whistle.com>; from Doug Ambrisko on Fri, Apr 18, 1997 at 04:13:06PM -0700 References: <19970418200807.65461@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de> <199704182313.QAA27968@crab.whistle.com>
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On Fri, Apr 18, 1997 at 04:13:06PM -0700, Doug Ambrisko wrote: >Stefan Esser writes: >| On Apr 18, Wilson MacGyver <macgyver@db-net.com> wrote: >| > I too highly recommand the Matrox Millenium. I've seen the 4MB >| > version for $250. It's upgradable to 8MB. Blazing fast... >| > Xfree86 has driver for it as of 3.1.2, but Xi's driver for it >| > is great! >| >| Is XFree really an option for the Millenium, or is a S3 >| or Mach64 based card a better choice for my new system ? > >My 4M Millenium runs solid at 1280x1024x24 with 3.1.2. The only problem I You must mean XFree86 3.2. 3.1.2 doesn't not have support for the Millennium. Also, the Millennium support in 3.2 is not accelerated. The 3.2A beta does include (very fast) accelerated support for the Millennium, but that is a binary-only release. XFree86 is planning a full release soon based on 3.2A, so at that point a version of XFree86 with good acceleration support for the Millennium will be available in source form. I can't make a commitment about the release date for this other than to say that it will be before the 3.2A binaries expire (15 June 1997). >had was the card conflicting with COM2 until I moved COM2 to another address. I've never seen a conflict with the standard COM2 address. A lot of video cards conflict with the standard COM4 I/O address range, but I'm not sure if the Millennium does. David
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