Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 20:45:31 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: "Larry S. Marso" <larry@marso.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pci video card suggestions? Message-ID: <3697BFEB.40E11589@uk.radan.com> References: <19990109083651.A13622@marso.com> <36976390.2514F91F@uk.radan.com> <19990109135152.C13463@marso.com>
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"Larry S. Marso" wrote:
>
> My concern with your suggestion is that the XFree86 docs make it clear
> that ATI support is *unaccelerated* for color depth greater than 256.
> I've attached the relevent paragraphs from README.ati.
>
> On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 02:11:28PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
> >
> > "Larry S. Marso" wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm looking for a trouble-free PCI video card for about $100.
>
> > I would recommend ATI cards. I've had 2, a Graphics Xpression and
> > currently an Xpert@Work. The All-in-Wonder seems to be a very good card
> > and IIRC you can make it's TV stuff work under FreeBSD :-).
> >
> > ATI cards are the only ones I've had that have worked at the max
> > resolution of my monitor (1024x768x70Hz) at their max colour depth
> > straight out of the box under all OS's (Win{3.x,95}, NT{3.51,4},
> > FreeBSD, & OS/2).
>
> 3. Current implementation for ATI adapters
>
> The driver currently supports the SuperVGA capabilities of all ATI adapters
> except some early Mach8 and Mach32 adapters that do not provide the
> required functionality. This support works for monochrome, 16-colour
> and 256-colour video modes, if one of the following ATI graphics controller
> chips is present:
>
> VGAWonder series: 18800, 18800-1, 28800-2, 28800-4, 28800-5, 28800-6
> Mach32 series: 68800-3, 68800-6, 68800AX, 68800LX
> Mach64 series: 88800GX-C, 88800GX-D, 88800GX-E, 88800GX-F, 88800CX,
> 264CT, 264ET, 264VT, 264GT (3D Rage), 264VT-B, 264VT3,
> 264VT4, 264GT-B (3D Rage II), 264GTIIc (3D Rage IIc),
> 264GT3 (3D Rage Pro), 264LT (3D Rage LT), 264LTPro
> (3D Rage LT Pro)
>
> The driver also supports 32K, 64K and 16M-colour modes on the 264xT
> series of adapters using the accelerator CRTC (but not the VGA CRTC).
> This support is as yet unaccelerated.
>
I guess it depends what you want to use it for. It's plenty fast enough
for me, even at 16.7M colours, but then I don't use it for games and
other 3D stuff.
> Best regards
> --
> Larry S. Marso
> larry@marso.com
>
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