On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:10:39 -0500 (CDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tracy) wrote:
>[...] > Searching back through approx. three years' worth of list >archives > suggests the following: > > ATI 7000, 7500, 9100: good choices, but the 7000 is slow compared to > the other two, and non-ATI-branded cards may have BIOS issues when > interacting with SRM at boot time. > > 3dfx Voodoo3 and later: likewise good choices. No "true" DRI, but > the cards compare favorably speed-wise with cards that have DRI. Still current :-) > Any recommendations as far as cards with 32-bit vs. 64-bit interfaces? Have you ever seen VGA cards with 64bit interfaces? I didn't. Apart from that, depending on your Miata, the 64bit-slots might be broken (or at least the chipset is, when it comes to DMA transfers on the 64bit slots). > Assuming TGA (not TGA2) hardware can be found at a reasonable price > (probably not a good assumption), how does it compare to the above? Do you expect an answer as in "slow"? > Is there such a thing as VESA fb support on Alphas, or is that > strictly an x86 kind of thing? Don't know if VESA-fb is available. FB in general is available. At least Matroxfb and pm2/pm3 work. Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
