Alan Coopersmith <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote: >> Maybe you'll find someone who >> has a SiS card lying around and say "I'll pay you $100 to put that >card >> in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure out why it >> won't start and then change 2 or 3 lines to make it start again" but >it >> won't be worth it. > >Especially when you can buy 2 or 3 new ATI or Nvidia cards for that >$100 >and get much better performance & support than trying to make an old >card >limp along forever. > >http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%204025&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20 > Well, it is an integrated card in my laptop. Because Linux is so resource friendly it is still working fine for its age and I rather donate a small amount than to start selecting and purchasing a new one yet. >The lack of maintainers for many old cards is in large part because the >cost of a new card with a well-maintained driver is less than people >think >their time is worth for the many hours it takes to bring the old >drivers up >to snuff and test on all the different models. _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
