From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 25 2:18:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand2.global.net.uk (sand2.global.net.uk [194.126.80.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDF7414C85 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 02:18:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p80s02a07.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.226.129] helo=marder-1.) by sand2.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 10bL39-0007NY-00; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:18:08 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id KAA00317; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:13:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:13:51 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Darren Pilgrim Cc: Chris , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI Xpert 98? Message-ID: <19990425101351.A253@marder-1> References: <19990424182647.E256@marder-1> <37229D96.5CDF7C4A@uswest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <37229D96.5CDF7C4A@uswest.net>; from Darren Pilgrim on Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 09:44:06PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message