>>>After putting off, for various reasons, replacing my aging video card,
>>>I've decided to finally do so.  What's a good trouble-free card?  Is
>>>Nvidia still being buttheaded about releasing driver information?  This is
>>>important because my primary machine is NetBSD.  Radeons seem nice.

>>Hmmm, what IS your old aging videocard, so we can make sure we give you an 
>>upgrade instead of a downgrade? =]

> Don't laugh...  Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM.

Well, it could be worse, you could be using a Trident 8900A.

I know some will argue that I'm risking KEEPING you out of date on this one, 
and I know you're using BSD, but I am VERY pleased with the performance of 
Voodoo cards in Linux. I openly admit they're not the best cards on earth, 
but when it comes to a decent looking game at a playable framerate, and at 
this point very inexpensive, I'll recommend any Voodoo. I have a voodoo1, a 
few voodoo2s, and a voodoo5, all of which were a breeze to get working, and 
still provide acceptable gameplay  on all my machines.

If you'd like something that has good XFree86 acceleration and, AFAIK, very 
little headache, a good new Matrox works well. I have a G400 that is doing a 
great job with everything and anything non-3D. I haven't gotten around to 
messing with 3D on the card just because my Voodoo2 is still cranking it out.

B
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