Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:13:51 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> Cc: Chris <chrismar@readington.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI Xpert 98? Message-ID: <19990425101351.A253@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <37229D96.5CDF7C4A@uswest.net>; from Darren Pilgrim on Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 09:44:06PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904241248080.8585-100000@walnut.readington.com> <19990424182647.E256@marder-1> <37229D96.5CDF7C4A@uswest.net>
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On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 09:44:06PM -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> Mark Ovens wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 12:49:55PM -0400, Chris wrote:
> >> I was curious as to if anyone ha had any problems with this
> >> card. How does it work under X?
> >
> > I've got an Xpert@Work (Rage Pro II chipset) and it works fine
> > (Mach64 X server). Previously I had a Graphics Xpression, which
> > also worked without problem. ATI cards seem to be a good bet.
>
> Except for the Rage 128 (Fury, Magnum) series. Their RAMDACs aren't
> fast enough for large desktops
Aren't they 230MHz (or faster)?
> and the heatsink on them is way too
> small, I had two of these and they cooked themselves to the point of
> melting the PCB and causing power-down failures after less than two
> days of use.
>
Ugh, that's *bad*. JOOI, you weren't using them in a tower case
were you? I've always been slighty concerned about overheating on
cards which are horizontal with the chips on the underside (or on
the top if there's another card above them). There's not exactly
a lot of air flowing around that area of a case.
>
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