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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!brutus.bright.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.math.psu.edu!news.cac.psu.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!jvnc.net!lazlo From: jlucas@uvi.edu (John Lucas) Subject: Choosing replacment video card Message-ID: <DHD66y.Kuz@tigger.jvnc.net> Sender: news@tigger.jvnc.net (Zee News Genie) Organization: University of the Virgin Islands X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 12:16:45 GMT Lines: 31 OK, I have given up trying to get the ATI "Graphics Xpression" to work with XFree86 v3.12. I have a chance to exchange this card for one of approximately the same value. I would like to hear any praise or condemnation of the: "Diamond Stealth 64 2001" card. The following is from the XFree86 WWW pages (http://www.xfree86.org/): >"Q.B5- How do I use my Diamond Stealth64 2001/2201 card? > >There are two versions of the "2001" Stealth64. One is called the "Stealth64 >Video 2001". It uses the S3 Trio64V+ chipset and is supported by the S3 >server. > >The other, known as the "Stealth64 Graphics 2001", uses the ARK 2000PV >chipset. There is unaccelerated support for this chipset in the SVGA server. >However, the programmable clock chip used on these cards is not currently >supported by the SVGA server. Therefore, not all modes the card is capable >of, can be used. > >The "2201" versions are the same as the "2001" cards, except that they have >2MB of DRAM instead of 1MB." Assuming I can get one with the "S3 Trio64V+" chipset, are there any problems I can expect? I welcome both positive and negative reviews and suggestions for other replacement candidates. | John Lucas jlucas@uvi.edu | | Academic Computing NIC Handle: JL423 | | University of the Virgin Islands (809) 693-1216 | | St. Thomas, VI 00802 http://www.uvi.edu/jlucas.html |