[plug] graphics board

[Daniel Pearson]

Hi all,
So when I do my Red Hat 5.2 install on a Pentium 90, 32 MB RAM, on a 1.3 gig
Hard Drive, with a S3 Trio 64+ card, it will work out OK?

Cheers
Daniel Pearson
----- Original Message -----
From: John Summerfield <summer at os2.ami.com.au>
To: <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] graphics board


> > Depends on what your willing to pay.  S3 ViRGE cards are well supported
> > and have a nice price tag to go along with that too.  I'll probably
> > say your best bet would be an S3, they are very cheap, and do the job.
>
> S3Virge != S3
>
> S3Virge cards have a bad reputation with OS/2: I have one and it's not
> good with NT either. OTOH S3 Trio cards work well with OS/2, NT and Linux.
>
> Before forking out more $$, update to the latest XFree from the RHL 5.2
> update tree. It has new driver support and we've found it essential for
> SIS on-board video.
>
> --
> Cheers
> John Summerfield
> http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
> Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.
>
>