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From: evans@rs560.cl.msu.edu (jeffrey d evans)
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Subject: PCI bus cards (graphics and SCSI) which work?
Date: 24 Mar 1994 13:23:22 -0500
Organization: Michigan State University
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Hi all, 

  I will be in the position to recomend a Pentium machine to purchase and had a
few questions about the few PCI cards out there.
  
  What high performance graphics cards are there for the PCI local bus that are
out and have decent support for them.  I want to keep all my options open as 
far as operating systems go(OS/2, Linux(Xfree86), NeXtStep, NetBSD...).  I also
want to atleast a 1280x1024 256 colors 72hz noninterlaced top resolution and 
display rate(I will consider others though). 

  here's the info I have so far :
    Matrox 64 bit
            -been out a while
            -says supports os/2
            -display rates?
            -features?

    ATI Graphics Pro turbo (64bit)
            -just started seeing ads 
            -good vga support(better than Matrox)
            -anyone shipping them?
            -will the mach32 Xfree86 server work?
            -display rates?
            -features?

    ATI Graphics ultra pro (32 bit)
            -been out for a while
            -slower than all new 64 bit cards

    Viper
            -Xfree support yet?
            -bad vga performance


  As for the SCSI PCI cards, I'm looking for Fast SCSI2 support for OS/2, 
Linux(Xfree86), NeXtStep, NetBSD(...).  I've seen many manufacturers advertising
PCI bus SCSI cards, but they don't say who makes them or what operating systems
they support.


Any and all suggetstions welcome.


Jeff Evans


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