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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA67 ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 03:01:47 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:10457 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:42383 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!olivea!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: ATI Mach32 and Xfree86 or XS3? Message-ID: <1993Jan26.220906.26671@netcom.com> Date: 26 Jan 93 22:09:06 GMT References: <1993Jan26.162704.13442@usasoc.soc.mil> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) Lines: 26 In article <1993Jan26.162704.13442@usasoc.soc.mil> ted@usasoc.soc.mil (Mr. Ted Nolan) writes: >Hello folks, > >I'm plugging along in my quest to spec out a nice 486 system to get and >run 386BSD and X on. I've seen a few advertisements for the ATI Mach32 >video card. It seems this is a local bus card that can do 1024x1280 in >256 color mode. Does anyone know if this has an S3 or ET4000 chipset? >Can you run X on it? > The ATI Mach32 is based upon ATI's mach32 chipset. for speed I suggest acquiring a 928 based card which is faster than the ATI MACH32 by as much as 34% overall graphics performace, even on the ISA :-) Going to a local bus card will not buy you significant performance improvement, at least with the S3 chipsets. Hope this helps, Amancio Hasty P.S. as for the resolution it can handle 1024x1280 with 256 colors. -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming