Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2358 mails)

[bobbyg@xxxxxxxxxx (Bobby Geortgilakis)]

Hi all & Samy & Jon,

who wrote:

<snip>

> On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:35:23 +0000, Samy Elashmawy wrote:
>
> > The ideal would be one of the all in one boards with a well supported
> vidio card and sound card like the es1370/1 . I am not familiar at all with
> the well supported sound cards , have the notoris sis 6326 on the shelf and
> have a diamond Viper V550 that works real nice. that a little higher end.
> >
> > What are the well suported generic vidio cards ??
>
> Umm...I just said below :).  I strongly recommend the S3 ViRGE family.  You
> can *easily* find one of them for about $20-30 US.  Chipsets by 3DLabs are
> also good, though not quite as cheap.
>
> > Sorry I realy dont know a whole lot about hardware.
> > >
> > >> wich low end and or generic Vidio cards work Well with suse linux Pci
> or agp 2 to 4 meg ram
> > >
> > >S3 ViRGE family (not Trio or Savage family), Trident PCI, Cirrus Logic
> PCI.  ATi's are okay, I suppose (but I don't like them :P).  I'd advise that
> you avoid AGP, since this will add to cost, and is mostly useless unless you
> are doing lots of high-speed 3D rendering.

<snip>

My video thingy usez the S3 Virge chips and they are rather nice & crunchy; for
the price.

Greek Geek.

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been
searching for
evidence which could support this. -- Bertrand Russell


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