From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 27 10:18:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA16176 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:18:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA15864 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:15:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id LAA20386; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:24:51 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:24:51 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199708271724.LAA20386@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: Doug White , Stefan CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree & graphic cards In-Reply-To: References: <3402F6EC.7AFF@bigfoot.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Stefan asked: % I have got one question: Which graphic card would you recommend for % XFree 3.2 (or 3.3.1, but at the moment I use 3.2): the ELSA Winner 1000 % T2D (chipset: S3V2/DX) or the Hercules Dynamite 128/Video (ET6000)? % % Yes, I know, ask the XFree86 people, you might say. But I thought you % could tell me if there were any complications on FreeBSD or which is the % better one (in general and on XFree 3.2 or 3.3.1)? Doug White writes: > Well, FreeBSD could care less either way since it runs in text mode. > > I personally edge toward the S3 or Mach64 since they're widely known and > the Brooktree TV capture cards work with them. :) I've had difficulty getting XF86 3.2 and 3.3 to configure on some ET6000 cards a coworker bought over my protestations. I've never had any problems configuring XF86 3.x on the S3 cards I've used; I'll probably never buy anything else for general FreeBSD/XF86 work. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com