Re: tlug: What are your favorite video cards for Linux?

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Jonathan Byrne wrote:

> I'm planning on replacing my aging (no, aged) video card in my Linux box
> with something newer, so I'd like to take a poll of your favorite (and/or
> most hated) video cards to use with Linux.  The S3 chip set seems popular,
> so I'm leaning toward that.  I hear the S3 Trio 64 is good and cheap, so
> that's probably in the running.
> 
> My requirements are:
> 
> 1) The cheaper the better,
> 2) 4 meg of memory
> 3) Expandable to 8 preferred but not mandatory
> 4) Both 2D and 3D preferred but not mandatory
> 5) Hardware MPEG would be nice, but this the least of my worries.  But still
> a plus if it has it.
> 
> OK, thanks in advance for voting :-)

The STB Velocity 128 or Diamond Viper V330 (the Riva128 cards) are what
I'd pick (I did, actually).  I can get you the Diamond card for $139, it
comes with 4MB ram, it doesn't need 8mb (the Riva chip is optimized for
4mb, no more, no less - 8mb would be wasteful overkill, according to
nVidia).  Fastest 2D card in the world, among the top 10 in 3D, and it
does hardware mpeg at something like 50-60fps in 1152x900 full screen on
my K6-200.

The Trio64 is a good cheap card, though.  Has a fast 2D blit algorithm so
X runs nicely.  Doesn't do 3D, though, but it's a nice little cheap card.

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