From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 8 21:39:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA00548 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 21:39:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA00531 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 21:39:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA20760; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 16:08:26 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602090538.QAA20760@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: PCI video recommendations? To: mikebo@tellabs.com Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 16:08:25 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mikebo@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9602090408.AA13476@tellabk.tellabs.com> from "mikebo@tellabs.com" at Feb 8, 96 10:08:24 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk mikebo@tellabs.com stands accused of saying: > > The system I'm building is: > Intel Endevour MB w/256K (possibly 512K) pipeline-burst module > 2 2x32 (8MB) 72-pin SIMMs (16 MB total) Not enough memory. > Adaptec 2940 (?) PCI SCSI card > Some decent accelerated PCI video card > > I've been counciled to stay away from Matrox Millenium and Trident, as > well as the Diamond Stealth64 cards... comments? Thanks! Anything S3 based will serve you well; I can heartily recommend the Number Nine cards, particularly the 9FX Motion 771, but other similar models will work just fine. > Michael Borowiec - mikebo@tellabs.com - Tellabs Operations Inc. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[