From beastman@jump.net Wed Jun 17 12:01:28 1998 From: beastman@jump.net To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. 5.2 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 07:01:28 -0500 Message-ID: <000301bd99e7$a8987220$983d08cf@eastman1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1843512150705165536==" --===============1843512150705165536== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm going to be building a computer and installing S.U.S.E. 5.2 on it. Does it make any difference on what monitor I use, as long as the video card is supported? Bill Eastman mailto:beastman(a)jump.net http://www.jump.net/~beastman> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============1843512150705165536==-- From arunkhan@xnet.com Wed Jun 17 18:18:24 1998 From: arunkhan@xnet.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. 5.2 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 13:18:24 -0500 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980617131824.007d0a60@quake.xnet.com> In-Reply-To: <000301bd99e7$a8987220$983d08cf@eastman1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6193034721373452425==" --===============6193034721373452425== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 07:01 AM 98/06/17 -0500, you wrote: > >I'm going to be building a computer and installing S.U.S.E. 5.2 on it. Does >it make any difference on what monitor I use, as long as the video card is >supported? > >Bill Eastman >mailto:beastman(a)jump.net >http://www.jump.net/~beastman> Plan to invest in a decent monitor that supports 1024x768 / 1280x1024 @ >=3D 75Hz refresh rate if you want to use X. I have seen people skimp on monitors and regret it later. Also, suggest buying it retail after getting a chance to see how it performs. If for some reason you don't like it, exchange is easier [shipping charges can be significant with insurance :(] Choose the one that your eyes feel most comfortable with and do not get carried away with tech. specs. =20 HTH -- Arun Khan -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============6193034721373452425==-- From jpcowh01@ox.slug.louisville.edu Wed Jun 17 23:58:43 1998 From: jpcowh01@ox.slug.louisville.edu To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. 5.2 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:58:43 -0400 Message-ID: <199806172358.TAA06595@ox.slug.louisville.edu> In-Reply-To: <000301bd99e7$a8987220$983d08cf@eastman1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7646922745594942306==" --===============7646922745594942306== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >=20 > I'm going to be building a computer and installing S.U.S.E. 5.2 on it. Does > it make any difference on what monitor I use, as long as the video card is > supported? Yes... the combination of the two is essential to the overall perfor= mance of the Xserver you will be running... So video cards are slow and don't have many fancy features to make a = nice Xenviroment work easily (Older Tridents), Other video cards (ATI's are w= onderful) can make any monitor do wonderful things... I own a Trident 9685 providia with 4megs of ram, and since they've co= mbined the SuSE Trident Xserver withe the SVGA Xserver, I can get 1024x768 wi= th a 16 bit color depth on my 15" CTX 1562GM. The best setup I've witnessed personally was a RIVA128 (4 megs) runni= ng 1280x1024 at 32 bit color depth (I think) on a 17" MAG (or Viewsonic) and = it had extra resolution (modes) to spare... I was jealous... The scrolling = was the smoothest I've seen, ever! I wished I could have seen what mpeg look= ed like... Jonathan --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Jonathan Paul Cowherd jpcowh01(a)slug.louisville.edu http://www.slug.louisville.= edu/~jpcowh01> This is my world and I am... World Leader Pretend =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============7646922745594942306==-- From rkeeley@dibbs.net Thu Jun 18 18:25:59 1998 From: rkeeley@dibbs.net To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. 5.2 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:25:59 -0500 Message-ID: <35895BB6.AC55B35E@dibbs.net> In-Reply-To: <199806172358.TAA06595@ox.slug.louisville.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5998774772926205138==" --===============5998774772926205138== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable World Leader Pretend wrote: > ideo cards (ATI's are wonderful) can make any monitor do wonderful things... > > I own a Trident 9685 providia with 4megs of ram, and since they've = combined the SuSE Trident Xserver withe the SVGA Xserver, I can get 1024x768 = with a 16 bit color depth on my 15" CTX 1562GM. I have a cheap Trident 9680 or 85 with 1 Meg of ram, and I am interested in t= his add-on or combined deal that you mention, but I am not familiar with it. = Could your explain it more. I have been thinking of upgrading to an ATI. > The best setup I've witnessed personally was a RIVA128 (4 megs) run= ning 1280x1024 at 32 bit color depth (I think) on a 17" MAG (or Viewsonic) an= d it had extra resolution (modes) to spare... I was jealous... The scrollin= g was the smoothest I've seen, ever! I wished I could have seen what mpeg lo= oked like... Now this above sounds like what I want, but I never heard of a RIVA128 and I = am planing on getting a 17" Viewsonic, could you advise me on this board also= ? Many thanks for your effort. > > > Jonathan > > -- > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > Jonathan Paul Cowherd > jpcowh01(a)slug.louisville.edu > http://www.slug.louisvill= e.edu/~jpcowh01> > > This is my world and I am... World Leader Pretend > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e -- 73's Roy KC4IMC rkeeley(a)dibbs.net kc4imc(a)maf.wa4wbi.ampr.org Snail Mail =3D 10675 Salt Aire Rd, E., Theodore, AL 36582, USA APS #158954 - C&LS #162 -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============5998774772926205138==-- From jpcowh01@ox.slug.louisville.edu Thu Jun 18 19:33:40 1998 From: jpcowh01@ox.slug.louisville.edu To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. 5.2 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 15:33:40 -0400 Message-ID: <199806181933.PAA14059@ox.slug.louisville.edu> In-Reply-To: <35895BB6.AC55B35E@dibbs.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8669447491786011454==" --===============8669447491786011454== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > World Leader Pretend wrote: >=20 > > ideo cards (ATI's are wonderful) can make any monitor do wonderful things= ... > > > > I own a Trident 9685 providia with 4megs of ram, and since they'v= e combined the SuSE Trident Xserver withe the SVGA Xserver, I can get 1024x76= 8 with a 16 bit color depth on my 15" CTX 1562GM. >=20 > I have a cheap Trident 9680 or 85 with 1 Meg of ram, and I am interested in= this add-on or combined deal that you mention, but I am not familiar with it= . Could your explain it more. I have been thinking of upgrading to an ATI. >=20 > Now this above sounds like what I want, but I never heard of a RIVA128 and = I am planing on getting a 17" Viewsonic, could you advise me on this board al= so? Many thanks for your effort. >=20 The RIVA128 is a chip that is in some of the Diamond Cards and the Vo= odoo card I believe, and the Xserver for is really fast (it's a really fast c= ard, I believe it's dac goes to 230). If I could afford it, I would buy that= one with 8megs and TV ports. ATI has been on of the forerunners in releasing specs to make great X= servers for their cards. I believe they are the most supported out of the an= y brand (feature wise) with xfree86, but I believe the RIVA128 is the fastest= , I could be wrong too, I don't know what is new. I believe that most of the new well known brand monitors have a reall= y wide sync range for Horizontal and Vertical frequencies. I am happy with my Trident Providia, even though the drivers in Windo= ws or xfree86 support all of it's features, I trust someday they will. Jonathan --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Jonathan Paul Cowherd jpcowh01(a)slug.louisville.edu http://www.slug.louisville.= edu/~jpcowh01> This is my world and I am... World Leader Pretend =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============8669447491786011454==-- From satan@nfinity.com Thu Jun 18 19:41:05 1998 From: satan@nfinity.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. 5.2 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:41:05 -0500 Message-ID: <35896D51.267A25A1@nfinity.com> In-Reply-To: <35895BB6.AC55B35E@dibbs.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7964026997053806867==" --===============7964026997053806867== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit nvidia makes the riva128 board, and overall it is a nice card. Visual quality in 3d applications is somewhat poor compared to 3dfx and rendition. Matrox makes, hands down, the nicest 2d board money can buy. If you are concerned with 3d, then chances are you already have a 3dfx voodoo card, so for 2d I would recommend matrox. It would be worth waiting a month to get the new matrox g200, which hasn't hit the market yet but will be here soon. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============7964026997053806867==-- From satan@nfinity.com Thu Jun 18 21:00:59 1998 From: satan@nfinity.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. 5.2 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:00:59 -0500 Message-ID: <3589800B.BBD7FCB3@nfinity.com> In-Reply-To: <199806181933.PAA14059@ox.slug.louisville.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7436840809102862243==" --===============7436840809102862243== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not even close. The riva is made by nvidia. Voodoo, voodoo rush, and voodoo2 cards are made by 3dfx. The voodoo and voodoo2 are 3d only cards, they do not do 2d at all, and they only do fullscreen 3d, not in a window. 3dfx voodoo and voodoo2 cards outperform any other card in 3d performance by a factor of 4, but this will soon change as other card makers rush to play catch up. Voodoo and voodoo2 cards support microsoft's directX, a subset of sgi's OpenGL, and their own proprietary api, Glide. World Leader Pretend wrote: > The RIVA128 is a chip that is in some of the Diamond Cards and the = Voodoo card I believe -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============7436840809102862243==-- From jmbrooks@nr.infi.net Thu Jun 18 21:28:29 1998 From: jmbrooks@nr.infi.net To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. 5.2 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:28:29 -0400 Message-ID: <3589867D.A6586264@nr.infi.net> In-Reply-To: <199806181933.PAA14059@ox.slug.louisville.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7238714472507755867==" --===============7238714472507755867== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Riva128 is fastest, I do believe. However, it is NOT the chip in the Voodoo card, but rather is that chip's greatest rival. The chip in the Voodoo cards is not a "chip" but a chipset called the Voodoo chipset, made by 3dfx. It is a 3D only solution, and I'm not aware that it is supported under Linux. Riva128 is a 2D/3D solution, but I believe only its 2D functions are supported at this time. > ATI has been on of the forerunners in releasing specs to make great= Xservers for their cards. I believe they are the most supported out of the = any brand (feature wise) with xfree86, but I believe the RIVA128 is the faste= st, I could be wrong too, I don't know what is new. __________________________________________________ Law: an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. -- St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica J. Mark Brooks Law Offices of J. Mark Brooks P.O. Box 39 Randleman, NC 27317 336.498.2603 jmbrooks(a)bigfoot.com __________________________________________________ -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============7238714472507755867==--