From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 26 20:33:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA01807 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Aug 1997 20:33:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts6-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA01800 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 1997 20:33:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA04381; Tue, 26 Aug 1997 20:33:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 20:33:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Stefan cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree & graphic cards In-Reply-To: <3402F6EC.7AFF@bigfoot.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Stefan wrote: > Hallo! > > I have got one question: Which graphic card would you recommend for > XFree 3.2 (or 3.3.1, but at the moment I use 3.2): the ELSA Winner 1000 > T2D (chipset: S3V2/DX) or the Hercules Dynamite 128/Video (ET6000)? > > Yes, I know, ask the XFree86 people, you might say. But I thought you > could tell me if there were any complications on FreeBSD or which is the > better one (in general and on XFree 3.2 or 3.3.1)? Well, FreeBSD could care less either way since it runs in text mode. I personally edge toward the S3 or Mach64 since they're widely known and the Brooktree TV capture cards work with them. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo