21 Apr
2005
21 Apr
'05
1:23 p.m.
Now there is only one thing remaining for which I seek
advice from the great
collective wisdom here: what should I use for the video chip? Being the
recluse that I am, I know virtually nothing about modern video technology.
Out of modern, readily-available PCI video chips, what do you think would
be the most appropriate for a reasonable XFree86 server? As a ballpark
I'm looking for 24 bits per pixel colour (I don't want to be limited by
the colour map) and a resolution comparable to DEC's best offerings at
tne height of the VAXstation era. It would have to be PCI; whether I go
with the MPC8250 CPU or something else, it'll definitely have PCI but
not AGP.
I would appreciate any advice.
MS
Matrox, still sells PCI bus video chipset and supported by
linux/XFree86 keep in mind they forked so there is two kind of X.
Also look into ATi.
Cheers,
Wizard