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  From: Adam Hawes <adam_hawes@dingoblue.net.au>
  To  : Lightning <light200@ultra.net.au>
  Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 14:44:24 +1030

Re: Canon BJC-5000 - my experience from the top!

> want to build my second computer to run linux and linux only, so I am
> willing to spend extra money for the hard ware that I need. I don't live in
> a big city and it is hard to get hard ware and advice for linux from the
> computer stores here in Ayr. They all use windoze and don't know any thing
> about linux at all.
> 
> So if you can please sugest a good video card for linux please do.  Thank
> you.


If you're not price-conscious then go for the Matrox (supposed to be
supported very well in XFree4.0.1), or something with a TNT2 on it (also
well supported).  I have an "Asus RIVA TNT2 Ultra v3800" card here (PCI)
and it works like a dream.  The 3D patch/lib for XFree4.0.1 works well
and I have been able to use a lot of OpenGL apps with it without too
much hassle.

Other then that, dated but fantastic was anything with a S3 Virge (Dx or
GX) chipset on it. They were supported fantastically well when I was
using them, and I'm about to put one that I have into a reasonably high
spec box  to use as an Xterm/Samba server.

Cheers,
Adam

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