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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!polstra!austin.polstra.com!not-for-mail From: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 24-bit graphics cards Date: 24 Nov 1995 10:42:35 -0800 Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4953mr$s8j@austin.polstra.com> References: <DIGEy9.3DA@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: austin.polstra.com In article <DIGEy9.3DA@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a PCI card to run 24-bit colour at ~1152x900 > using XFree86 and FreeBSD? The S3-968 based cards are nice. I'm using an STB 64V card with 4 MB of VRAM. If you buy the Accelerated-X server from X-Inside, you can get 1280x1024 24-bit color on a 4 MB card, with an 80 Hz refresh rate (if your monitor can handle it). That's because the server from X-Inside supports true 24-bit color, rather than the 32-bit mode supported by XFree86. If you insist on using XFree86, then you should still be able to get 1152x900 TrueColor on a 4 MB card. If you're satisifed with 16-bit TrueColor, then you can get 1600x1200, again with a 4 MB card, and again at 80 Hz. XFree86 should be able to support this, though I haven't tried it personally. I've been using the X-Inside server for about three weeks, and so far I'm completely satisfied with it. It cost me under $100, and was worth it, in my opinion. Their web page is at <http://www.xinside.com/>. Another option for the graphics card would be the Matrox Millenium. These are reportedly quite a bit faster than the S3-968 cards. But, they are _not_ supported by XFree86. So if you get one of these cards, you'll be totally reliant on X-Inside. To me, it was important to be able to fall back on a free software solution if necessary. That's why I got the STB card instead of the Matrox. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth