From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 27 17:45: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tetron02.tetronsoftware.com (ftp.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D2D137B79A for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2000 17:44:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zeus@tetronsoftware.com) Received: from tetron02.tetronsoftware.com (tetron02.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.106]) by tetron02.tetronsoftware.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA54295; Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:44:54 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from zeus@tetronsoftware.com) Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:44:54 -0600 (CST) From: Gene Harris To: Sandip Srivastava Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will this Graphics Card Work? In-Reply-To: <001901bf818a$e252a440$dcfe7683@default> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Sandip Srivastava wrote: > I am looking to buy a new graphics card for my PC, because the one I have presently doesn't work properly with FreeBSD, or should I rather say XFree86. I don't want to waste money on a new card that doesn't work under XFree86. I am considering the following AGP cards: > > ATI Xpert 128 (Rage 128) > Diamon Viper V550 (Nvidia RIVA TNT) > Matrox Millenium G200 or G400 > > Which one of these cards works best? If there are better cards then please let me know. I'm tired of trying to get my card working properly under XFree86. I want a card that is fully supported and easy to setup. Any recommendations would be appreciated. > > -Sandip Srivastava > I have used the Matrox Millenium G200 card succesfully. I had a rough time with the ATI card and decided to take it back for a refund. I know it should have worked, but after I got through fiddling with the card, I wasn't using any of the features. *==============================================* *Gene Harris http://www.tetronsoftware.com* * Home of TeamAccess version control for * * Microsoft Office 97 and 2000 * * FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE - The Power to Serve * * Redhat 6.1 Secure Web Server * *==============================================* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message