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Re: VoodooIII support




"Alpha quality" X server from 
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html is pretty good,
(only problem that sometimes it doesn't start successfully on my Banshee).
You will get any resolution supported by card.

Creative has their own X server for 3D Blaster Banshee, very stable
but lacks some features.

Another alternative may be Riva TNT/TNT2, but I heard that nVidia's 
X server for TNT2 has problem with refresh rate on high resolutions. 

On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> Gaal Yahas wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm buying a new computer. Can anybody recommend/warn against a
> > voodoo3 card? The HOWTO's are outdated, the 3dfx site says the
> > drivers are alpha quality, and the newsgroups show conflicting
> > opinions (as usual :) . So:
> > 
> > - is it a good idea to get a voodoo3 at all?
> > - which card would you recommend?
> > - if I have problems, is there a way to at least turn off the
> >   acceleration and get good sgva for "normal" stuff like X etc.?
> 
> The standard SVGA X server will support it in 800x600. If that is enough,
> you are done. If you want more, there is a "generic frame buffer" driver
> in the latest kernels and an X server for it. 
> 
> It's not as fast as a native driver, but it does work.
> 
> I was able to get a 16mb Monster Fusion AGP video card to do 1280x1024x65k.
>  
> See http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee/


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