Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:24:51 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Stefan <veith@bigfoot.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree & graphic cards Message-ID: <199708271724.LAA20386@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970826203231.4255V-100000@localhost> References: <3402F6EC.7AFF@bigfoot.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970826203231.4255V-100000@localhost>
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Stefan asked:
% 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)?
Doug White writes:
> 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. :)
I've had difficulty getting XF86 3.2 and 3.3 to configure on some ET6000
cards a coworker bought over my protestations. I've never had any
problems configuring XF86 3.x on the S3 cards I've used; I'll probably
never buy anything else for general FreeBSD/XF86 work.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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