RE: Video Card Recommendation
Hi all.
I bought recently a STB Velocity, which uses the Riva TNT chip, and it
works fine with the last Xfree86 version (3.3.3.1).
I think is a good chip and it's very standard. It's supported under the
SVGA server in the last version.
I hope this will help you.
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Paul Sargent wrote:
> 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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