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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
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Subject: Re: PCI bus cards (graphics and SCSI) which work?
Date: 24 Mar 94 19:38:48 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <2mslqq$1vl8@rs560.cl.msu.edu> evans@rs560.cl.msu.edu (jeffrey d evans) writes:
> 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 :
I don't know if anyone has used a true PCI bus card with XFree86 yet,
but the chances are that it has been attempted.
> Matrox 64 bit
Matrox is not supported in XFree86, and rumors are that it never will
be (unless you write all the drivers). I don't think Matrox wants
their driver code public.
> ATI Graphics Pro turbo (64bit)
I don't know of anyone who has this. It might work with XFree86
Mach32, but then again it might now. Who knows? :-)
> ATI Graphics ultra pro (32 bit)
This seems to be a very popular card and has good XFree86 support.
> -slower than all new 64 bit cards
Yes, but still a very fast card
> Viper
Do NOT buy ANY Diamond products! They are not and will never be
supported by XFree86 (although a few adventerous souls have gotten
them to limp along at times). Diamond will not allow their drivers to
be public and doesn't care at all that this may cost them a sale
because you run a free "unix". They are quite indifferent to the
pleas of free "unix" users.
> 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.
I don't know of anyone who's tried the PCI bus version yet, but all
the other bus versions work: I recommend BusLogic. Their PCI card is
the bt946c. I run an EISA bus bt747s and it's a great card.
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