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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!olivea!pagesat!news.cerf.net!crash!fredbox!cyb!loodvrij From: loodvrij@cyb.fred.com (Bruce 'Loodvrij' Keeler) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: X and video adapters (was A few words about BSDI) Keywords: BSDI review Message-ID: <CCyC8B.274@cyb.fred.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1993 21:40:44 GMT References: <jmonroyCCtzDv.2vE@netcom.com> <26b1qp$t2f@sdl.warren.mentorg.com> <CCvuD2.4DC@taronga.com> Organization: Cacophonous Yodellers' BBS (907) 338-4942 7-E-1 Lines: 24 In article <CCvuD2.4DC@taronga.com> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > >Of course you won't have very good X. I'm still getting up to speed on video >adaptors... anyone have suggestions? Particularly ones that go well with >XFree86 and 386BSD? I have a Trident 8900CL, and am perfectly happy with it. It does the job with little or no frills, and has the advantage that its CHEAP (~$55 w/ 1 Meg). If you decide to upgrade to better card later, to get better X performance say, you've not lost much cash. With X, the major slow bit is scolling within xterm. I have a DX2-66, and its still slow. Thing is, I reckon if you want decent X graphics, you're gonna want a nice big screen, so you're looking at spending over $1000 on monitor alone. An alternative route is to buy an old Sun 3, and put X kernel on it. They can be had for about a grand or so, and are generally pretty robust. And that way, a lot of the graphics dog-work is done on a different machine. > >Like everyone else, I can't even BEGIN to parse Monroy's article. Why bother trying? -- Bruce J. Keeler (907) 337-8193 | "...and Bruce is in charge | Internet: loodvrij@cyb.fred.com | of the sheep dip!" |