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Date:      Sun, 2 Nov 1997 11:14:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
To:        dkelly@HiWAAY.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X server performance and video cards
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.971102111027.20232F-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
In-Reply-To: <199711010101.TAA08922@nospam.hiwaay.net>

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On Fri, 31 Oct 1997 dkelly@HiWAAY.net wrote:

> Is that still the prevailing wisdom? I've seen S3-Virge-based cards dirt 
> cheap, is there a risk with one of those?

The Virge cards are great at 24 bpp and less.  The only problem I ever had
with them is getting a high enough dotclock out of them to do
1024x768x32bpp @ 80hz.  Oh, and the Virge are limited as to what
acceleration they will do at 32bpp.




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