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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uwm.edu!caen!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpsanaeo!dan From: dan@hpsanaeo.nsr.hp.com (Dan Lake) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Which graphics controller? Date: 18 Sep 1992 18:14:34 GMT Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego Lines: 20 Sender: dan@hpsanaeo (Dan Lake) Distribution: world Message-ID: <19d6aaINN3br@hpsdlss3.sdd.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsanaeo.nsr.hp.com Keywords: s3,8514 I am building a 486 system to host 386BSD and am trying to decide which graphics controller to get. Cost is a concern, but I am willing to pay more if the performance of a costlier board is significantly better than a cheaper board. I am thinking of getting either an S3 based board or an ATI 8514/A capable board. Which of these will give me the best X performance? Are there other boards that will perform better that I am unaware of? Which S3 based vendor is recommended for compatibiliy with XFree86? Which ATI board is recommended for X8514? Regards, Dan Lake, Hewlett-Packard, Los Angeles, CA dan@zoot.nsr.hp.com