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Date:      Fri, 31 Jul 1998 05:12:32 -0700 ()
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>
To:        John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: S3 Trio 64V2/DX video card
Message-ID:  <Pine.WNT.3.95.980731051108.-83065D-100000@direct-source.com.direct-source.com>
In-Reply-To: <3UKYkHANERw1Ew7y@i-zone.demon.co.uk>

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On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, John wrote:

> Has anyone here run the S3 Trio 64V2/DX video card (1 MB) at better than
> 640x480 resolution? I'm using the s3 server. Though the config script
> says it can run at 1024x768 resolution at 8bbp, on invoking xinit it
> always removes 1024x768 and 800x600 from the mode settings. Any ideas as
> to why?


	Uh yeah, the video card can't handle the higher resolutions with
that little amount of RAM. FYI, you can get new S3 DX Vriges w/4megs for
about $40, which WILL be able to run at 1024x768x16bit



						Rick


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