7/12/2002 12:33:48 AM, "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby@ntlworld.com> wrote: >Joshua Lokken wrote: >> >> Sandra, >> >> >From http://xfree86.org/current/Status6.html#6 >> >> "Accelerated support is provided for Mach64, Rage, Rage 128 and Radeon >> chips by the "ati" driver, as is unaccelerated support for all of the others except >> the Mach8 and some early Mach32 chips". >> >> You should, however, try specifying the "radeon" driver in your XF86Config, to see >> how that works. Also, please see http://xfree86.org/4.2.0/ati.html . Otherwise, >> based on reading the available documentation, it appears that the answer to your >> first question is "yes". >> >> The resolution(s) your system will support depends more on the specs of your >> hardware. Check which resolutions the card supports (at http://.ati.com , I would >> guess); do the same for the monitor (see your aforementioned link). >> >> It's all right there for you. >> >> Joshua > >I'd be very wary of saying it will work. I had one that simply refused to >produce digital output from the DVI-I port. It produced analogue output from the >VGA port and the DVI-I port, so when the adapter was fitted to the DVI-I port, >it would drive the digital (DVI-D) port on my TFT monitor via its digital >(DVI-D) cable. However, I've been unable to get it to drive digital output from >the DVI-I port, so my monitor's digital input (DVI-D) would not work. > >I finally gave up and sold the card. If you don't care about digital output, >then this wont bother you. > >One of the developers advised me the card should work if a true ATI card and not >a clone using the ATI chipset. So it might be worth paying an extra for a card >that is definitely made by ATI and not made by XXX using ATi chips. >-- >Dr. David Kirkby PhD, >email: drkirkby@ntlworld.com >web page: http://www.david-kirkby.co.uk >Amateur radio callsign: G8WRB >_______________________________________________ Yes, you're absolutely right. I just wanted to point out how one can go about finding this information themselves. Thanks, though, for the info. My experience with ATI is strictly "built by ATI". Have a great weekend. -- Best Regards, Joshua Lokken OMIC Portland Branch _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
