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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.help:31213 comp.os.386bsd.questions:10018 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.service.uci.edu!pleiades.acs.uci.edu!strombrg From: strombrg@pleiades.acs.uci.edu (Dan Stromberg) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: OPTI 486dx2-66, cirrus 5428, shamrock hh.28 experiences? Date: 2 May 1994 03:29:33 GMT Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 17 Message-ID: <2q1s2t$91@news.service.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pleiades.acs.uci.edu I'm looking to hear about people's experiences, good and bad, with an amtron motherboard (OPTI chipset, intel 486dx2-66), cirrus 5428 video adapter, and/or a shamrock 14" hh.28 monitor - with both Linux and NetBSD. How's XFree86 2.1 working with the recent cirrus stuff? Any problems using a 5428 with over 1M - I'm planning for 1M now, but may want more later. Does anyone have a set of xstones (or similar) benchmarks for various pc video adapters? Regardless, how does a 5428 stack up, in terms of price/performance (especially, say, compared to an S3 928)? Any problems, say, with dma'ing above the 16M mark with the OPTI board? Should I anticipate any trouble using it with an old 1540b, or an older WD 2:1 MFM controller for my floppy drive? In short, I'm trying to figure out why this system is only 60% of the cost I was quoted at a another, much busier, local shop...