Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com drunkenly mumbled...
> 
> Finally, someone said that these can only go up to 4MB, while the
> Number Nine 128 can go to 8MB.  Unless you're doing something really
> wild, I'm not sure where you're going to need more than 4MB.  4MB will
> get you 24-bit color at 1152x864, and 16-bit color at 1600x1200.
> Plus, the Number Nine 128 is another card (like the Matrox) where the
> XFree86 drivers are still very new, and not heavily tested.

i mentioned that the 128 could take 8M, and like you i'm not sure why anyone
would need 8M (it would be nice though i'm sure), but it isn't the fact that
the 128 can take 8M, but even at 2M it still screams.  wickedly fast card.
and now affordable, the I-128 w/2M is now around $250, the I-128 Series 2
runs about $450 or so (don't know the RAM, or what makes it so special as
compared to the normal I-128)

> I'm not trying to tell you that the Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM is
> better than the others.  Just that it's the safest choice of these
> three.  And I'm very satisfied with mine.  Performance is quite good,
> the video quality is excellent, and XFree86 support is very solid.

i'm not saying what to do either, i'm just trying to make sure everybody is
informed of their options.  not knowing about any cards except the #9's
and the Trident 8900c (ISA, 8bit, 1M RAM, non-accelerated, about 6 years
old or so) i can only give a small amount of input.

-wonko

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