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Date:      Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:49:06 -0500 (EST)
From:      <joeo@cracktown.com>
To:        Joseph Garcia <bear@unix.homeip.net>
Cc:        <multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Matrox G400 PCI and 3D Hardware Rendering
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.30.0201171448430.5666-100000@asmodean-ssn.nks.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020117114940.N24838-100000@we-24-126-232-105.we.mediaone.net>

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AGP r128's are dirt cheap now...

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Joseph Garcia wrote:

>
> Hmmm....according to what I read it seems as though the requirements for
> DRI is AGPGART which probably means that it won't support PCI cards and
> needs to be AGP. At least that's my assumption. Also, I can't seem to find
> a G400 in PCI format, although I have found G200's in PCI format on
> pricewatch.com for $82 which is way more than I want to spend.  Like I
> said, it's just a "play" box. Any suggestions?
>
> Joey
>
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Joseph Garcia wrote:
>
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I have this older Compaq Prosignia 200 server that has a really crappy
> > PCI video card in it which I wanted to upgrade just so that it makes it
> > easier on my eyes when running X sessions. It's not used for any heavy
> > duty serving or anything like that.  More like a test machine. Sometimes I
> > use it for handling syslog message from various devices here in the
> > company, but I'm using another machine for that right now.  Back to my
> > question... I was considering getting a Matrox G400 because it would most
> > likely provide really nice 2D acceleration, higher resolutions, and nice
> > color. What I was wondering is could I get hardware acceleration out of
> > that PCI card or is XFree4's 3D acceleration for AGP cards only? I know
> > I'll need to read some more docs on this on the XFree86 site, but I
> > thought maybe someone here can lead me to answer.  Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Joey
> >
> >
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