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From: Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick@xinside.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Which is the fastest video card for FreeBSD/X?
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 11:05:29 -0600
Organization: Rocky Mountain Internet Inc.
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On 6 Oct 1996, Brian Somers wrote:
> In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.961004105021.352B-100000@oort.xinside.com>,
> Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick@xinside.com> writes:
> >
> > Easy - Matrox MGA Millenium, with 220 Mhz RAMDAC. This card + a high
> > end Pentium or a Pentium Pro will give you great results.
>
> Has anyone tested the #9 & Hercules 128bit cards ? How do they compare ?
> --
> Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
The #9 cards are also very good, the Hercules cards I have less personal
experience with.
Generally, one other thing to look out for is compatibility; some cards
are better than others when it comes to working with all the various
motherboards and BIOS's out there. Both the Matrox and #9 I128 cards have
never given any problems in that respect.
--Patrick
patrick@xinside.com