David L. Martin on Tue, 15 Dec 1998 07:18:24 -0500 (EST)


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Re: Video cards and Linux


On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Martin DiViaio wrote:
> David L. Martin wrote:
> > 
> > I am beginning to order parts for a new PC (its about time).
> > Last time I went with dependable, now I want cutting edge.
> > 
> > How can I select a fast modern video card, without going so modern that
> > support for Linux is sketchy?
> > 
> 
> On my distribution CD are several HOWTO files for configuring Video
> cards. If your distribution CD doesn't have these HOWTO's, go over to
> the Linux Documentation Project (http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ ) and you
> should find them there. There is also a hardware compatability guide at
> the LDP that might help.

That still doesn't give you an indication of speed, supported color depth
or resolution.

David L. Martin        <dlmarti@njcc.com>
R&D Software Engineer  http://pluto.njcc.com/~dlmarti

Hindsight is an exact science.
 

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