Faiz Kazi wrote: > > > > I'm putting together a large network of X terminals, and I have the > opportunity to pick any card I want for the several nodes. > > This question is asked very frequently on the newbie list, and we > see a lot of opinions. > Which are/is the video card(s) that are considered or found to be > the most reliable, when it comes to XFree86? > Here I mean that all other factors like additional featues, multihead > support, AA, super high resolutions etc, take the back seat as > compared to pure reliablity and compatibility as factors. Also > It should be relatively inexpensive. > > This is very different from, say using X at home, where one spends > a lot of time on trying to get the best out of one's own hardware - > Thats really a lot of fun and all, but > Here a card is needed that would work in the most simple, predicatble, > staightforward and reliable manner - It would not be possible for me > to work out issues with X if there are any minor problems, as I'd have > other things to do, and would be on the site very long. > > I wanted to try as many cards and configurations such as mother boards, > different X-server versions, etc but I've been only limited to (or have > only been exposed so far to) : > > Matrox G200 8MB SDRAM > S3 Virge GX/2 > SiS 6326 - 4MB AGP > Trident 975 > > That's not at all a lot... And its not possible to keep buying and trying > out hardware... Most sites mention only the latest cards, but those may > be too costly for this sort of application. > > I only require a resolution of 1024x786 at 75hz+ refresh rate. > > The Matrox works well, and I am very fond of the S3 Vge Gx2, which > was very reliable with 3.3.x, though I'm not yet confident of using it > with 4.1.x other than at home.
The ViRGE DX is very stable and you should be able to find them used very cheaply. I don't know about new though. You're right about ViRGE GX2, I'm hoping to stabilize it, but it's not complete yet. -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
