From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 1 14:16:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24536 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:16:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from eis-msg-002.jpl.nasa.gov (eis-msg-002.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.158]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA24524 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:16:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bkwan@mail1.jpl.nasa.gov) Received: from bhk-pc ([137.78.161.236]) by eis-msg-002.jpl.nasa.gov (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA12554; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:16:20 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981201141428.00bec140@mail1.jpl.nasa.gov> X-Sender: bkwan@mail1.jpl.nasa.gov X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 14:14:28 -0800 To: "Ben Goodwin" From: Bruce Kwan Subject: Re: AGP video cards? Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <000801be1d74$5fd810c0$aa127392@ntmar1014.ofc.mbo.ma.ultra. net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Ben- I use an ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2x Graphics card with 8MBytes in my Compaq EN6400 and it seems to work alright. I use the Mach64 server and am running FreeBSD 2.2.7 with Xfree86 3.3.2. I do notice some strange video blackouts on some lines when using xemacs...other than that, it runs well. Bruce At 04:48 PM 12/1/98 -0500, you wrote: >Will I have any issues if I use an AGP video card with 2.2.8 (or perhaps >3.0)? I see that XFree86 supports 'most' chipsets that are otherwise >PCI-based. Which one's should I NOT use? Any recommendations for a cheap >bottom-of-the-line card? My vendor would rather give me an AGP card in the >system I'm going to be putting together... Thanks! > > -= Ben > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message