From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 5 15:59:26 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA16457 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 15:59:26 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA16449 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 15:59:21 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA00920; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 10:33:05 GMT From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199512061033.KAA00920@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Video cards ... is this a good configuration? To: kallio@jyu.fi (Seppo Kallio) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 10:33:05 +0000 () Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Seppo Kallio" at Dec 4, 95 03:55:02 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 991 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Seppo Kallio stands accused of saying: > I am building a FreeBSD machine for myself. > > I need X with 64000 colors > > Opinions about this configuration? > > - P120 PCI MicroStar TR-2 > - 32 MB RAM > - 17" Nokia Multigraph 447X > - Logitech 3 button serial mouse > - SoundBlaster 16 Value Edition > - PCI Stealth 64 2MB VRAM Video 1602 (or ATI Mach64 xxxx?) Not enough memory; you'll want 4M on that card if you want 1280x1024x64k. I'm using (and happily recommend) the number nine 9FX motion 771, I'm fairly sure the Stealth VRAM is comparable. > - (I have: AHA 2940 + 2G IBM 06xx) > > Seppo > > > -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[