On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 10:21:19 +0200 (CEST)
Vit Herman <dragon@penguin.cz> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Harry Waddell wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 20:48:40 +0200 (CEST)
> > Vit Herman <dragon@penguin.cz> wrote:
> >
> > > HI folks
> > >
> > > I'm gonna buy a new computer and I'm not sure what graphic card to
> > > buy. I would like to have ATI Radeon 9200, is it supported? If not,
> > > which one one would do better?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Vitek
> > > dragon@penguin.cz
> >
> > The radeon 9200 is not supported by Xfree86 4.3.0.
> > The radeon 8500 is a very good card, costs less, and will perform quite
> > nicely.
> >
> > If you want to do extreme gaming, the fire GL X1 might work better,
> > but it should cost a lot more. If you just ned really nice graphics,
> > stick with the 8500. If building a silent PC, consider the 7000 or 9000
> > models which do not need a fan for the GPU, but are both slower than the
> > radeon 8500.
> >
> 
> Pitty. No local dealer currently has 8500 on stock and the same with other
> models. I could get 9000PRO but for almost the same price
> with only 64MB.

Do you actually need more than 64MB of memory? If you must have extra
memory, try the radeon 9700 or 9500 Pro with 128MB ram.


> Will 9200 work in unaccelerated mode?

I would expect it does, using the vesa driver, but I haven't tested it. The
9200 is supported in XFree86 4.3.99.7, so if you don't mind taking a chance
on failure, you can use cvs to compile XFree86 current yourself. I wouldn't
recommend it though. xfree86 current works fine for me with some things, but
core dumps with others that is supposedly supports, e.g. radeon mobility
320M.


-- 
Harry Waddell
Caravan Electronic Publishing
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