RE: Video Card Recommendation
Hi Nick,
I'd recommend a Permedia 2 based card, and not just because I work for
3Dlabs.
* They are dirt cheap these days. 8MB card for around $80 (I would
have thought. I'm in the UK)
* XFree86 now has a nice fast and stable X-server for them, although
not included in slink as you need 3.3.3.1. There are test debs at
http://master.debian.org/~branden/xsf.html though.
* Its the chip thats being used by lots of developers as a test bed to
bring 3D onto Linux. e.g. the SuSE guys @ http://www.suse.de/~sim/
* Kernel support is underway and in 2.2.x so you can run it as a
framebuffer device.
* I personally use them in several machines now and have very few
problems.
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marouf [SMTP:marouni@earlham.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 2:33 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Video Card Recommendation
>
> Hi,
> I've been asked at work to recommend a good PCI / AGP video card for a new
> linux machine they are going to set up. What seems to be working good for
> you guys. (Something less than a $120)
>
> Thanks
> -Nick M.
>
>
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