Re: XFree86 4.1.x ATI Radeon support?
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 13:30, csj wrote:
> On 05 Mar 2002 22:38:57 -0500
> Scott Henson <shenson2@wvu.edu> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 20:33, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> > > So, can I get myself a Radeon card?
> > Yes you can. I have Radeon VE, which is a Radeon 7500 but suped up...
> > It runs fine under E... also I personally think it runs better than
> > under windows. And if you check on xfree86.org you can check
> > compatibility and it is compatible. So yes. I love radeons and I would
> > recomend it.
>
> A "Radeon VE, which is a Radeon 7500 but suped up"? Maybe you mean it
> the other way around. A Radeon VE costs half a Radeon 7500. Now if I
> know my economics right: expensive = more (but not necessarily useful)
> features. VE is okay under Sid's X 4.1. I don't know about the numbered
> Radeons. I think you need to wait for the full 4.2.
Really? That cant be right. My card get identified as a radeon 7500 by
all of ATI's utils. I have checked with the site and basically my card
and the radeon 7500 have all the same specs except my card has a few
extra ports on it(DV-I and TV-out). It also have native support for
extending the desktop accross two screens and then have a 3rd running
with a different display on it. I dont know why the 7500 would cost
double of the VE, but as far as I can tell they are the same except the
VE has a few more features. But whatever, that is what I see. And on
the subject of XF86 4.1, I am sure it said it had full support for
radeon chips.
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-Scott Henson
shenson2@wvu.edu
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