Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 14:05:46 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AGP Diamond Viper Video Card Okay? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971126140246.6854A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971124120735.12844I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > > I am thinking of getting a computer that comes with an AGP "ASUS" video > > card that's supposedly equivalent to a Diamond Viper (4 mb RAM, on an > > ASUS P2L97 motherboard). > > > > I understand the AGP standard is not yet supported by FreeBSD; but will > > this video card work all right? Will it work with X? > > XFree86 doesn't contain any support for AGP cards AFAIK. You'd have to > check with them. AccelX may have something already, though; see > www.xig.com. Just FYI, AccelX has support, they say, for the Matrox Millennium II card in an AGP version, which just came out and is hard to find. But it is there. The Diamond Viper, which ASUS is also selling, has an NVIDIA RIVA chip (so-called) that is not supported by anyone yet. Thanks-- Annelise > AGP is very new. Don't expect any really good support for a while. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > >
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