From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Dec 10 18:36:17 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA28478 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:36:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA28466 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:36:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id NAA21277; Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:05:57 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612110235.NAA21277@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: XServer-HW-Support? In-Reply-To: <199612102046.VAA15935@gerry> from Thomas Zaenker at "Dec 10, 96 09:46:23 pm" To: tomz@gerry.snafu.de (Thomas Zaenker) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:05:56 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, tomz@unlisys.NET X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thomas Zaenker stands accused of saying: > > I'm going to get a PCI graphik board for my FreeBSD- and netbsd- Systems > running on my PCs. Can anyone recommend me one of the following boards that > are offered this time by my local supplier: > > - miroMedis View 2MB, PCI > - miroVideo 22SD 2MB, PCI Don't know these two. > - Matrox Mystique 2MB, PCI These are supposed to be pretty good. XFree86 3.2 supports them I believe. > - Elsa Winner 1000, 2MB DRam, PCI Older. > - Diamond Stealth 64V/ 3D, 2MB EDO, PCI A good card. S3-based; will perform quite well. > - CM Rocket 3D 2MB / 4MB, PCI No idea what this is. > - CM Rocket 64pro Trio64V 2MB, PCI Basically the same as the Diamond card, but almost certainly cheaper 8) > - ATI Wincharger 2MB, PCI No idea. > or where can I get the information of the graphik hardware support of > the available X-Servers in both systems. http://www.xfree86.org My experience to date has been that the S3-family of chipsets work very well with X and offer excellent performance. You tend to find these on mid-high end cards (Diamond, Number Nine etc.). The S3-Trio64 chips however are turning up on very cheap cards, and these are an excellent choice if your performance needs are more modest. > Thomas Zaenker Tel. : +49 (030) 24720463 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[