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From: evans@rs560.cl.msu.edu (jeffrey d evans)
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Subject: PCI bus cards (graphics and SCSI) which work?
Date: 24 Mar 1994 13:23:22 -0500
Organization: Michigan State University
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Hi all,
I will be in the position to recomend a Pentium machine to purchase and had a
few questions about the few PCI cards out there.
What high performance graphics cards are there for the PCI local bus that are
out and have decent support for them. I want to keep all my options open as
far as operating systems go(OS/2, Linux(Xfree86), NeXtStep, NetBSD...). I also
want to atleast a 1280x1024 256 colors 72hz noninterlaced top resolution and
display rate(I will consider others though).
here's the info I have so far :
Matrox 64 bit
-been out a while
-says supports os/2
-display rates?
-features?
ATI Graphics Pro turbo (64bit)
-just started seeing ads
-good vga support(better than Matrox)
-anyone shipping them?
-will the mach32 Xfree86 server work?
-display rates?
-features?
ATI Graphics ultra pro (32 bit)
-been out for a while
-slower than all new 64 bit cards
Viper
-Xfree support yet?
-bad vga performance
As for the SCSI PCI cards, I'm looking for Fast SCSI2 support for OS/2,
Linux(Xfree86), NeXtStep, NetBSD(...). I've seen many manufacturers advertising
PCI bus SCSI cards, but they don't say who makes them or what operating systems
they support.
Any and all suggetstions welcome.
Jeff Evans
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