From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 9 21:59:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA07244 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:59:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@mindbender.headcandy.com [199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA07238 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:59:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA20387; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:57:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607100457.VAA20387@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Piotr Piesik cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with 4 MB VRAM Diamond Stealth In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 10 Jul 96 03:11:37 +0200. <199607100111.DAA00691@arrakis.cs.put.poznan.pl> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 21:57:07 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I have a 4 MB VRAM Diamond Stealth (2 MB on board and 2 MB expansion >from Kingston, designed for Diamond Stealth VRAM). > >All possible 2MB or less video modes (for example 1024x768x64k) >are working fine. But all 4MB modes (for example 1024x768x16M >or 1280x1024x64k) are not. I think you need the latest beta of XFree86 for that card. The list of supported cards should have come with your XFree86 distribution. If that isn't the case, I would suspect your memory expansion. My card with 4MB from the factory works just fine (see below). >This hardware works correctly under Windoze. >Does anyone have a solution? >Or at least any experience with other 4 MB cards, especially >ATI Mach64? I am using a Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM 4MB PCI. Mine came from the factory with 4MB. Otherwise, I believe it should be identical to yours. Mine works perfectly under Windows 95, Windows NT (4.0), and Descent 2. :-) I have not tried to run *BSD or XFree86 on it. I find it to be an excellent video board. ATI makes good stuff, too, but I don't think the Mach64 is quite as fast as this card. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------