From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 24 12:08:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA00226 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:08:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA00218 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:08:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA12920; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:08:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:08:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Annelise Anderson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AGP Diamond Viper Video Card Okay? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Annelise Anderson wrote: > I am thinking of getting a computer that comes with an AGP "ASUS" video > card that's supposedly equivalent to a Diamond Viper (4 mb RAM, on an > ASUS P2L97 motherboard). > > I understand the AGP standard is not yet supported by FreeBSD; but will > this video card work all right? Will it work with X? XFree86 doesn't contain any support for AGP cards AFAIK. You'd have to check with them. AccelX may have something already, though; see www.xig.com. AGP is very new. Don't expect any really good support for a while. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major