Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 09:08:58 -0500 From: Glen Foster <gfoster@gfoster.com> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which graphics board should I buy? Message-ID: <199511161408.JAA01733@nomad.osmre.gov> In-Reply-To: <199511160130.BAA06556@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> (message from Michael Smith on Thu, 16 Nov 1995 01:30:31 %2B0000 ())
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I have also had great success with S3-based boards although my experiences with Tseng boards does not seem to have been as bad as yours. For example the STB Lightning (W32P-based) is an adequate board. One board in particular to stay away from is the Hercules Dynamite series. These are hell to configure and exhibit very flakey behaviour when switching resolutions. It seems that hand-tuning mode lines (a real pain, I admit) has gone out of fashion. You will almost certainly achieve a better display if you do this for almost any board. The XFree86 home page, http://www.xfree86.org (what else?), has a fair amount of information on supported boards although they are careful not to make a recommendation. They also have links to various board vendors home pages so one can review specs., etc. > From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> > Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 01:30:31 +0000 () > > Anything with an S3 chip and preferably at least 2M of memory. > > Whatever you do, do _not_ buy a card based on the Trident or Tseng chipsets, > and avoid the Cirrus "alpine" chips (Orchid cards) unless you're really > desperate.
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