ATI videocards

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2 total messages Started by Pink Wed, 26 Nov 1997 00:00

#636

Author: Pink
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 00:00

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I've been recommended to buy a an ati-card to my Linux box [for X], cause
of low prices and good x-server support.

My problem is I really don't know what the differences is beetween cards
like 'video xpression+', '3d xpression+' and '3d pro turbo pc2tv' - I need
a card which is fast in something like 1200x1000 with 65k colors. Which
one should i choose?

btw.: does anyone know if the 3d cards mentioned here are to any use to
games like quake, doom, heretic? [evt. running under dos]

please reply directly to me.


these were the words of a reborn angel in a world of confusion;

---pink-------------------------------------------

http://www.diku.dk/students/pink/

Re: ATI videocards

#635

Author: David Utidjian
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 00:00

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Pink wrote:
> 
> I've been recommended to buy a an ati-card to my Linux box [for X], cause
> of low prices and good x-server support.
>
> My problem is I really don't know what the differences is beetween cards
> like 'video xpression+', '3d xpression+' and '3d pro turbo pc2tv' - I need
> a card which is fast in something like 1200x1000 with 65k colors. Which
> one should i choose?

I have heard that all of them are "good". I use the ATI 3D Pro Turbo
PC2TV with 8Megs RAM. I like it so much that I am getting another one
for my second system. It works fine with only 4Megs unless you have
requirements for a very large monitor and high resolution and color
depth. You will need Xfree86-3.3.1 Mach64 drivers. The PC2TV, is based
on the RAGEII chipset. You should check ATIs homepage for teh others.

> btw.: does anyone know if the 3d cards mentioned here are to any use to
> games like quake, doom, heretic? [evt. running under dos]

The PC2TV works fine with these games under DOS, W3.1, W95, and Linux.

-David Utidjian-
utidjian@remarque.org

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