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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!bellahs!balasubr
- From: balasubr@bellahs.com (Balasubramanian RD)
- Subject: advice sought on video hardware
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.210101.27329@bellahs.com>
- Organization: Bell Atlantic Healthcare Systems
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:01:01 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- I would like some advice on video graphics cards for running X.
-
- I have a 386/25 machine with 8MB RAM (not expandable any further.)
- When I run X on this machine the performance, as you might guess,
- is pretty awful. I'm currently using an OAK VGA card with a VGA
- monitor (640x480). I am aware that I need a lot more RAM and a
- more powerful processor to get decent X performance. However, I
- would like to find out if I can get noticeably better performance
- by simply upgrading my video card. I've come across references to
- local bus systems such as Fahrenheit 1280 from Orchid as a means
- of improving performance; do these work reliably with X? I'll be
- running the X server that I got with ESIX 4.0.4.
-
- I'll be grateful for any advice, thoughts, etc. on:
-
- 1. How I can enhance performance when running X without having to
- buy a new motherboard.
-
- 2. Whether upgrading the motherboard is the only sensible solution.
-
- 3. If I decide to buy a new system, I would like to purchase it
- from a local dealer (in the SF bay area.) I'll appreciate
- hearing from anyone who knows of dealers that sell reasonably
- priced 486 systems that run UNIX reliably.
-
- please e-mail any responses to balasubr@bellahs.com. Thanks.
-
-
- -balu
-