Re: [aclug-L] AGP vs PCI video cards

["Greg House" <ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Goerzen wrote:


>"Greg House" <ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> According to the FAQ at www.xfree86.org, the best supported cards are the
>> ones with the S3 chipsets, followed by the ATIs.  If I were you, I'd do a
>> quick DejaNews search of comp.os.linux.x for any card you're thinking
about
>
>What URL are you using?

Which one?  the XF86 faq? http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/  DejaNews?
http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml  (direct to the power search section)

>Right now, I believe the S3 and Matrox are among the best-supported.


I have a Matrox Mystique in my main PC and it's working great.  Right now I
have an S3 ViRGE/GX2 AGP card I could put in this system, or an STB Velocity
3D PCI card which I could put in this system. Which do you think would be
better?

I have the Diamond A50 working at this point, but I can only get 800x600 at
24bpp.  This system will be used for graphic design (gimp) work and I'd like
to have good color depth with a reasonable sized screen (1024x768 probably).
Any recommendations?

Greg

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