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Date:      Thu, 9 Mar 1995 14:22:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      xiaoyin li <lix@cs.pdx.edu>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: from PSU bookstore 
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.950309134648.19501C-100000@cs.pdx.edu>
In-Reply-To: <179.791012840@time.cdrom.com>

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On Tue, 24 Jan 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> 
> > 2. Do I need to buy special graphic interface on PC to run the X window
> >    under FreeBSD?
> 
> You can run X on pretty much any standard graphics card these days, but
> I would recommend one of the higher-end cards from #9 or ATI.  Performance
> is correspondingly better.
> 
> 
> 
> 					Jordan
> 

Mr. Jordan K. Hubbard,

Thank you for your recommandation above.  Before I am going to puchase
the monitor ans graphics card on PC with freeBSD os.  I would like to
ask you some more questions.

I have reviewed X386/XFree86 Video Timing documentation.  It said that
"there are some fundamental things your need to know about your display
and adapter.  These are:

1. your monitor's horizontal and vertical sync frequency options.
2. your video adapter's driving clock frequency, or "dot clock"
3. your monitor bandwidth.

I would appreciate very much if you could tell me what specification 
on above parameters will make the better performance under XFree86.
How can I make the best combination on buying a SVGA minitor and its
video adapter?

By the way, how can I get more information about higher-end card from
#9 or ATI.

Thank you so much,

Xiaoyin Li
System Administrator
PSU Bookstore
Tel: (503)226-2631
Fax: (503)725-3800




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