From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 17 00:30:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA25744 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:30:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA25739 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:30:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.6/8.8.5) id CAA29636; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 02:30:38 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199709170730.CAA29636@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: What video card and monitor recommended? In-Reply-To: from Allen Sitho at "Sep 16, 97 10:39:37 pm" To: sithoa@ecs.csus.edu (Allen Sitho) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 02:30:38 -0500 (EST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Allen Sitho said: > Hello Everyone, > I am upgrading my machine and want to know what video card and > monitor that you huys are using. I want a card with 4mb memory (and > also, should I spend more for vram/wram over dram?) and 17" monitor up to > 1024x780 at least 80hz refresh. I am thinking of a Number 9 Imagine 2 > with 4mb DRAM for only $89. Is there driver for this as I am using > version 2.1.5 (and should I upgrade?). What about Matrox Millenium? > I am using FreeBSD, and I totally love my Matrox Millenium. I also have a #9 771, and like it too. The Matrox is really fast though. (This is on XF3.3, SVGA server.) Unless you are really pushing things, almost any of the cards made by #9 (any S3 clone) or the supported ones by Matrox, will be fast enough. Opinions probably vary the most regarding monitors, due to their intimacy with the user. I have a Nokia 447X, and it is pretty nice, with very little geometric distortion, and no color anomolies. -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com