Good video cards for X compatibility

by Nathan Westo » Fri, 05 May 2000 04:00:00

I am in the market for a new video card, and I was wondering which
cards have the best compatibility with X. I am looking for cards around
$80-$100. I was considering the ATI XPert 2000 AGP. How well are ATI
cards supported by X?

Nathan

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I am purchasing a new PC and I am hoping to Run Linux with
XFree on it.

I have looked at the FAQs to try and determine if my video card will
be compatible. I had heard to stay away from Diamond cards becasue
there are come problems with them.

Well, I could not find video cards listed in the FAQ hardware howto that
I found. This seemd very odd to me.

Well, I am looking at two different systems.
Using two different cards.

1. One uses the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro
which is based on the mach32 chip

2. The other uses a card based on the Tseng 4000/W32i chip.

I am probably getting the second of these.

Has anybody got Linux and Xfree working with either of these cards
or know where I can find this information in the FAQ's?

Also, in general, do I need to worry about checking every component
of my system for compatibility? Do most components work with
linux and Xfree?

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