From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 15 20:42: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de (mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de [139.13.25.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F072415003 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:42:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de) Received: from fettesau.stuwo.fh-wilhelmshaven.de (stuwopc5.stuwo.fh-wilhelmshaven.de [139.13.209.5]) by mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id FAA08320; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 05:40:46 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <4.1.19991216053232.00c00c20@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> X-Sender: ohoyer@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 05:38:18 +0100 To: "Aaron Sonntag" From: Olaf Hoyer Subject: Re: Hardware for X-Windows Cc: FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <38585C01.CE3D4207@geocities.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >On a completely separate note... >anybody have opinions on the best high end video card for x-windows? >Thank you! Hi! For normal 2D/3D operation, you should have a look at the TNT2 cards, like the Viper 770 or ELSA Erazor III series. Chap got a V770 running under Linux with a 19" screen. He had a SUSE 6.2 Linux, the card was already pre-set for X-Windows. There he only needed to copy the 3D-files manually. Other good solution is the G400 from Matrox. Real screamer, good picture quality, and capable of 2 vid outs. Question is the X-Server support... Have seen it only under Win95, and there it really rocked. But as all those Linux ppl will work on it, there should be a solution soon.=20 For special apps like CAD you will want to look at special CAD boards or similar... Hands off from those Voodoo3 and GeForce cards... They draw much too much power, thus overheating power regulators... Regards Olaf Hoyer - - - - - - - -=20 Olaf Hoyer ICQ: 22838075 mailto: Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de home: www.nightfire.de (The home of the burning CPU) Wer mit Ungeheuern k=E4mpft, mag zusehn,=20 da=DF er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund=20 auch in dich hinein. (Friedrich Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und B=F6se) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message