Very Computer

This was not in the FAQ.  Yes, I checked.
This was not in the man pages.  Yes, I checked.

I'd like to know what boards can be used with XFree86 to get 16 million
colors (24 bpp or 32 bpp) at 1152x864?

I don't have a board yet, so I can't tell you the chipsets.  I want to
choose a board that WILL work this way and buy it.

I've had people recommend the Matrox Millenium, but the FAQ says that
Matrox chipsets are not yet supported although development is underway.
I don't know that the Matrox Millenium really uses a Matrox chipset,
but one would think it probably would.  The FAQ doesn't clarify.

I've found the ATI Turbo Pro 4 meg PCI on store shelves.  I don't know
that it is a Mach64 for sure, but one might think so.  I have no idea
what RAMDACs are in it.  The FAQ doesn't even come close to explaining
any of this.  But lingering in my memory is that ATI uses 24 bpp modes
and XFree86 wants 32 bpp (despite the man page giving 24 bpp as an option
that can be specified).  Was 24 bpp a very recent addition?

Who is really running 1152x864 by 16 million colors on a PCI board and
getting at least 75 Hz vertical (non-interlace?) mode?

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: I'd like to know what boards can be used with XFree86 to get 16 million
: colors (24 bpp or 32 bpp) at 1152x864?

Millennium...read on.

: I've had people recommend the Matrox Millenium, but the FAQ says that
: Matrox chipsets are not yet supported although development is underway.
: I don't know that the Matrox Millenium really uses a Matrox chipset,
: but one would think it probably would.  The FAQ doesn't clarify.

Look for support in the next release of XFree86. Late October likely.

Matrox Millennium uses the Matrox MGA-2064W graphics engine,
which pumps data out to the Texas Instruments Ti3026 RAMDAC.

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