Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 02:51:30 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Seppo Kallio <kallio@cc.jyu.fi> Cc: multimedia@star-gate.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: * GUS PnP Pro + ATI WinTurbo + XFree + 1200*900*24 * Message-ID: <199602231051.CAA07661@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Feb 1996 12:39:22 %2B0200." <Pine.SOL.3.91ska.960223121853.463B-100000@kanto.cc.jyu.fi>
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>>> Seppo Kallio said: > > Hi! > > We are planning to by some Pentium based micros for Unix+X workstations and > use FreeBSD in them. > > We want to use tools like vic, vat, nv, sd and 24 bit colors with about > 1200*900 resolution. > > 1. Is GUS PnP Pro a good solution for sound in/out? Well, I own a GUS PnP Pro and I am quite happy with it in FreeBSD. I am curious as to what others who own a GUS PnP think about the card. > 2. Is ATI WinTurbo with 4M VRAM good solution? Is someone using it > and getting 24 bit colors to the screen with about 1152*900 resolution > (or better)? I would check out Xinside's Xserver and see what they have to offer 8) If you like XFree86 then an S3 968 PCI with 4MB of VRAM is not a bad choice either from #9 or Diamond. I have a Diamond S3 968 PCI with 4 MB of VRAM. I usually run it at 1024x768*32. Amancio > I have a friend who did buy a ATI WinTurbo + 4M RAM but he has problems > getting about 1152*900*24 display. Is it possible using free display > drivers using any display card? Or do we have to buy commersial drivers > for X use to get this resolution and color depth? > > Please, tell your opinions or own experience. > > Seppo
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