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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!winternet.com!guitar.sound.net!news From: mhlevy@sound.net (Mark Levy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: What video to use w/ X + FreeBSD 2 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 05:20:35 GMT Organization: Sound Advice Limited's Internet Access for KC Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4lpm31$m21@guitar.sound.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.154.174.32 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hi All, I'm trying to decide on some hardware to run my new FreeBSD system, and I've looked for a real HW compat. list, but I haven't found one yet. I FTP'd the FAQ from freebsd.org, and while it mentioned SCSI HBAs, network cards, and some other stuff, there are a few items I would like to get recomendations on... First, the video. I don't need a really high end card. I'm looking for a decent PCI SVGA card to run X. I'd like to keep the price down to $150.00 or less. I'm looking into getting an Adaptec 2940UW, but I've heard lots horror stories about getting these to work with ATI video. Second, the motherboard, or at least chipsets. I'm looking for a Pentium 120-133. I want a PCI board with the common I/O ports , and dual IDE (I'm also planning to run Win95 on this system). I have seen the Intel Atlantis, but I'm worried about the onboard ATI video (see above). Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance, Mark Levy mhlevy@sound.net