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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: should I buy ATI Mach64 or #9 card?
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 20:21:37 GMT
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In article <mfrCz8CG2.6KG@netcom.com> mfr@netcom.com (Mark Frost) writes:
>
>The Pentium P-90 system I'm planning on buying soon comes with an ATI Mach64
>video card with 2Mb.  I've heard a lot of really good things about the
>#9 GXE Pro card and am wondering if perhaps I should ask to get that one
>instead.
>
>I'll be doing the usual windows goo, but I'd like to spend most of my
>time running either netbsd or freebsd (haven't decided which yet).  And
>yes, that incudes running X.
>
>Should I get the #9 card or should I just stick with the ATI board?
>
>Thanks

I would go for the #9 ... There is a whole more technical information
available for the S3 chipsets series found in the #9 S3 based boards 
than for the ATI mach ...

At any rate,  at work I have a #9 GXE PRO running at 1600x1200 and I love it :)

Amancio


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