From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 9 06:12:33 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA02857 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 06:12:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA02852 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 06:12:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #1) id 0zyz7M-0002Uq-00; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 14:11:56 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id OAA01784; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 14:11:27 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA18819; Sat, 9 Jan 99 14:11:24 GMT Message-Id: <36976390.2514F91F@uk.radan.com> Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 14:11:28 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "Larry S. Marso" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pci video card suggestions? References: <19990109083651.A13622@marso.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Larry S. Marso" wrote: > > I'm looking for a trouble-free PCI video card for about $100. > > I have a Trident Providea 9685 4MB card, which just won't work higher than > -bpp 8 with XFree86. > > The XFree86 docs speak at length about what cards are compatible, etc., but > nowhere are, e.g., three very well regarded cards recommended. > > P.S. I don't play Quake. I'd like enough onboard memory to be able to run > at 1024x768 at 16 or 32 bpp, with good responsiveness. Relatively modest > goals. > 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). HTH > Thank you for any ideas. > > Best regards > -- > Larry S. Marso > larry@marso.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message