Chad wrote:
8< snip want S3 graphics card with open source drivers but can't find
them except on VIA motherboards but would rather not buy a new MB.
As for 'not wanting to get a new motherboard' I wouldn't worry too
much (depending on why you are concerned ;) ). I have found a couple
of outlets where you can grab motherboards with the chipsets that
support unichrome on them for ~20-30 bucks (that's less than the cost
of an Nvidia standalone) that also have a few other niceties
integrated. I know, most of us are probably anti-integrated, but it
really isn't so bad for 25 bucks ;)
Go hunting for a board to suite your needs before ruling it out, you
may be happy with your find.
I appreciate the fact that a new motherboard would be inexpensive but I
also know the VIA chip-sets have been plagued by DMA problems, have they
fixed them? Can you recommend a good VIA board for AMD k7s with
Unichrome GPU, Gigabit LAN, P4 style heat-sync mounting holes in the MB
and working DMA?
<eco-rant>
I also have an environmental problem with just discarding 3 ECS K7S5A
boards that I love because I can't find a graphics card for them, the
planet can't afford for us all to behave like that, we have to learn
that financial isn't the only cost associated with a purchase. </eco-rant>
Thanks for the advice though, I'll look into it and if I see something
perfect that'll do HDTV and a few other things so I'll hang onto it for
a while then I'll go for it.
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tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 34132, rev = J158,
tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1236 MK3 (idx = 58, type = 4)
tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3416 (type = 14)
(new type Model 401)
model name : mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor
cpu MHz : 2277.214
cache size : 512 KB
(Plenty o' grunt on an ECS k7s5a MB)
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