Okay Ron I was a little vague mainly because
I really didn't know what I wanted. I need and
can afford pretty basic video. I found a Matrox
Mystique 2 MB card for $31 on the net the other
night and got that. The Linux hardware site says
it's great and I know it can do windoze I will probably
add another 6 MB to do 16, 24, 32 bpp colors at
800x600 res. I have a Sony Multiscan 100ES
15" monitor. 800x600 is about as small as these
tired old eyeballs can do in 15"!! My main problem
at that point was you had to be able to "see it" to
know if you could "use it" I might be able to use
my Mandrake 7.0 upgrade now that I can actually
see it! This all started with trying to get away
from my Intel 810 chipset "onboard video" with all
the associated kludges and patches that don't
work with anything but 2.2 kernels.
Thanks,
Vern
On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> Vern,
>
> Nobody can help you with the video card until you tell us the maximum
> capabilities of the monitor it has to feed. Most popular video
> cards are way overkill for the monitors people actually have and can
> afford. Running up towards the maximum capability of any monitor is
> usually a mistake because monitors are specified optimistically (just
> because 1600x1200 is in the spec does not mean it is watchable for
> long periods), crispness (bandwidth headroom) suffers unacceptably,
> and the biggest fonts possible end up being too small to be usable.
>
> vern wrote:
> >
> > I am going to be in a position here in a
> > few weeks to purchase an audio card
> > and a video card, and would like to get
> > everyone's opinion on the best ones to
> > purchase for Linux?? They have to be
> > PCI type for my motherboard.
> > Thanks,
> > Vern
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
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