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Re: Website
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Date: 
Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:12:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Mike Stanley writes:
I finally just gave up on trying to get XFree86 to work with my video
card...  finally just went out to Comp U.S.S.R. and bought a cheapo $69
card that was known to work with it (XFree86 3.3.5 at the time).  Not bad,
BTW, for $69 -- pumps out 1600x1200x16-bit @ 75 Hz. no problem, and scrolls
quicker than dang.

Make and model, please?  I'm wanting to put a better card in my dual
Celeron (366 running at 512) machine that is running RH 6.1 since the
piece of junk Diamond thing in there now isn't good enough.

Surely!  It's an ATI XPERT(tm) 98, the 8-MB PCI version.  UPC sticker says
"XPERT 98 NA PCI 8M 100-419031 / 7 27419 40420 4".  Says it's "Designed for
Windows 95/98" but worked *absolutely* flawlessly (100% autodetected) under
RHL 6.1.

The only gotcha I've run into so far with it is that I haven't figured out
the magic strings to insert into XF86Config to make it work in 1600x1200x32bit
mode -- defaults to 1600x1200x16bit and errs when I try to set it to 32bit.

Scrolling and window dragging speed is dang fast.  Haven't tried out the
gaming engine, I just wanted something solid for simple 2D work.

--Todd



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(...) Cool, I will probably look into it. (...) I'm bummed right now because I can't run at more than 1280x1024 at 75Hz, not because my video cards or monitor won't do it, but because the Sybex 4-port switchbox I use doesn't handle anything higher (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) Make and model, please? I'm wanting to put a better card in my dual Celeron (366 running at 512) machine that is running RH 6.1 since the piece of junk Diamond thing in there now isn't good enough. (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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