From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Feb 22 17:49:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from palrel1.hp.com (palrel1.hp.com [156.153.255.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5D71107D for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:49:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com (srmail.sr.hp.com [15.4.45.14]) by palrel1.hp.com (8.8.6/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id RAA00644 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:49:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA246154575; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:49:35 -0800 Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id RAA18183 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:49:35 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199902230149.RAA18183@mina.sr.hp.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Video cards for X11 [was Re: kde] Reply-To: Darryl Okahata Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.1.1.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:49:34 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In freebsd-hackers, Mike Smith wrote: > S3V cards are all 100% suspect; I've seen them cause innumerable > problems (basic hardware issues). If at all possible dump the card and > use something else. Going off on a tangent ... I'm going to try building an SMP system using modified Celeron CPUs (but *not* overclocked), and I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive (under $100) video card. I was going to get a cheap S3 (Virge) card, as the XFree folks recommend S3 cards, but now I'm not sure. Anyone have any recommendations? -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message