From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue May 19 08:26:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA06099 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 08:26:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Masters.leader-group.com (masters.leader-group.com [12.10.238.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA06066 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 08:26:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmccloskey@leader-group.com) Received: from leader-group.com ([172.20.150.130]) by Masters.leader-group.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with ESMTP id AAA27869; Tue, 19 May 1998 09:22:54 -0600 Message-ID: <3561A392.C70039B@leader-group.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 09:21:54 -0600 From: "Brian McCloskey" Organization: Leader Group X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jose M. Alcaide" CC: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: graphics card recommendations... References: <355C4FA9.F3012FF3@we.lc.ehu.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You can get a Millennium II 8MB AGP bus card, though as some people have stated, the increase in performance won't be that great since manufactures are still working on the standards for this new trend. The main difference on AGP is a dedicated bus. This alone should increase your graphics speed due only to the fact that you don't have to contend with other traffic on your PCI bus. Jose M. Alcaide wrote: > Hello, > > I'm configuring a new system for running FreeBSD. I have chosen > all its components, except the graphics card. My first choice > was the Matrox Millennium II 8 MB, but my local dealer says > that this card only exists for PCI; only the Millennium II 4MB > is available for AGP bus. > > Now, I'm reconsidering my choice of graphics card, so I would be > very grateful for any recommendations. I know that there are > graphics adapters better than the Millennium II, but the Xfree86's > driver for this card has very good reputation. I'm searching > for a good card _very well_ supported by Xfree86. > > Cheers, > -- JM > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jose M. Alcaide | mailto:jose@we.lc.ehu.es > Universidad del Pais Vasco | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jose > Dpto. de Electricidad y Electronica | > Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.: +34-944647700 x2624 > 48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN | Fax: +34-944858139 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Go ahead... make my day." - H. Callahan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message -- _________________________________________________ Brian McCloskey | Leader Group Consultant | 5200 DTC Parkway ph: 303-773-9700 | Suite 500 fax: 303-773-9610 | Englewood, CO 80111 ____________________________|____________________ http://www.leader-group.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message