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by **jimme** » Sat, 29 May 1999 04:00:00

ok.. after playing with my SiS 6326 (AGP) and having no luck (i'm trying
to
upgrade my XFree86, while also waiting for RH6 which i'm told will
recognize the SiS 6326), i'm thinking of trading the card in for a
different one...
first: am i correct in assuming that the SiS 6326 really isn't the best
card, and i would be better off with something else? i've heard of people
getting it to run xwindows, but with unimpressive resolutions, etc..

second: would you recommend any of the following cards? does xfree pick
them up ok? do you think they're better cards than the sis 6326 agp?
ATI Xpert 98, 8 MB AGP
4mb Cirrus Logic AGP
8mb Intel i740 AGP
4mb ATI Rage II (PCI)

thanks muchly!
jimmer.

james inkster -- jimmer.
Folkie, Blunderite, J.T.F.C. Royal Canadian Pioneer, UVic SENG/Writ
http://gulf.uvic.ca/~jinkster/
"Throughout history, the leaders of countries have been very
particular of what songs should be sung. We know the power
of songs." -- Pete Seeger

by **HillBo** » Sat, 29 May 1999 04:00:00

After going through 4 PCI cards that did not work, I gave up and bought an
ATI Xpert 98 3D Rage Pro card. Video now, at least, is working fine. Audio
is another story...

Quote:> ok.. after playing with my SiS 6326 (AGP) and having no luck (i'm trying
> to
> upgrade my XFree86, while also waiting for RH6 which i'm told will
> recognize the SiS 6326), i'm thinking of trading the card in for a
> different one...
> first: am i correct in assuming that the SiS 6326 really isn't the best
> card, and i would be better off with something else? i've heard of people
> getting it to run xwindows, but with unimpressive resolutions, etc..

> second: would you recommend any of the following cards? does xfree pick
> them up ok? do you think they're better cards than the sis 6326 agp?
> ATI Xpert 98, 8 MB AGP
> 4mb Cirrus Logic AGP
> 8mb Intel i740 AGP
> 4mb ATI Rage II (PCI)

> thanks muchly!
> jimmer.

> james inkster -- jimmer.
> Folkie, Blunderite, J.T.F.C. Royal Canadian Pioneer, UVic SENG/Writ
> http://gulf.uvic.ca/~jinkster/
> "Throughout history, the leaders of countries have been very
> particular of what songs should be sung. We know the power
> of songs." -- Pete Seeger

by **Frank Vergot** » Sat, 29 May 1999 04:00:00

>ok.. after playing with my SiS 6326 (AGP) and having no luck (i'm trying
>to
>upgrade my XFree86, while also waiting for RH6 which i'm told will
>recognize the SiS 6326), i'm thinking of trading the card in for a
>different one...
>first: am i correct in assuming that the SiS 6326 really isn't the best
>card, and i would be better off with something else? i've heard of people
>getting it to run xwindows, but with unimpressive resolutions, etc..

I have a PC Chips mobo with integrated SiS 6326 AGP and a simple 15" monitor
running in a perfectly readable 1024x768 resolution on a RH5.2 box :)))

You have to upgrade XFree86 to version 3.3.3 to get support for this chipset.
Check out /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.SiS. It contains info about what
options are important in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file. After you run
xf86config, these options are all commented out in XF86Config. You will have
to uncomment some of them to get X running ok.

Quote:>second: would you recommend any of the following cards? does xfree pick
>them up ok? do you think they're better cards than the sis 6326 agp?
> ATI Xpert 98, 8 MB AGP
> 4mb Cirrus Logic AGP
> 8mb Intel i740 AGP
> 4mb ATI Rage II (PCI)

Don't know if these videoboards are better than SiS6326 based ones; probably
some of them are...
But I have my SiS 6326 working like a charm without much hassles :)))

Quote:>thanks muchly!
>jimmer.

>james inkster -- jimmer.
>Folkie, Blunderite, J.T.F.C. Royal Canadian Pioneer, UVic SENG/Writ
>http://gulf.uvic.ca/~jinkster/
>"Throughout history, the leaders of countries have been very
> particular of what songs should be sung. We know the power
> of songs." -- Pete Seeger

Hope this helps

Frank Vergote

Remove one frank when autoreplying ;-)

by **jimme** » Sun, 30 May 1999 04:00:00

hi!
thanks for the info..
one last question..

Quote:> running in a perfectly readable 1024x768 resolution on a RH5.2 box :)))

are you in 8bpp or more? (and is the difference noticeable?)

thanks!
jimmer.

james inkster -- jimmer.
Folkie, Blunderite, J.T.F.C. Royal Canadian Pioneer, UVic SENG/Writ
http://gulf.uvic.ca/~jinkster/
"Throughout history, the leaders of countries have been very
particular of what songs should be sung. We know the power
of songs." -- Pete Seeger

by **Gary Zapotoczn** » Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:00:00

I installed Linux 5.2 this weekend (my first attempt and go with Linux) and
found that my older 4 meg Diamond 3d2000 with the S3 Virge chipset took with
no problems.

by **ess..** » Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> second: would you recommend any of the following cards? does xfree pick
> them up ok? do you think they're better cards than the sis 6326 agp?
> ATI Xpert 98, 8 MB AGP
> 4mb Cirrus Logic AGP
> 8mb Intel i740 AGP
> 4mb ATI Rage II (PCI)

I started with #4 -- wasn't supported on RH5.2. Had it exchanged with #1
and it appears flaky (app window sporadically floats off the screen).
Found out later in the manual that X server has problems with some
Mach64 cards!? Wondering which one to pick next?

--
Dr.B.Voh
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by **ess..** » Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> After going through 4 PCI cards that did not work, I gave up and bought an
> ATI Xpert 98 3D Rage Pro card. Video now, at least, is working fine.

I have the same card and I am seeing, what appears to be, a random
disappearance of my app win. If yours is working fine is my card
defective or my setup isn't quite right? Anybody else out there with
this card please pitch in your experiences.

--
Dr.B.Voh
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Modeling * Simulation * Analysis
http://www.netcom.com/~essoft
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by **ess..** » Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> I started with #4 -- wasn't supported on RH5.2. Had it exchanged with #1

~~

er, that's #3

--bv

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