[SunRescue] The Great Ultra5/10 Cheap ATI FB Search

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 9:52 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] The Great Ultra5/10 Cheap ATI FB Search
> 
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 09:24:44PM -0800, Pres. Dan Jameyson wrote:
> > I tried some of the "newer" ATI Rage3d-pro based cards 
> again, and they
> > really just don't work. What does work, and happens to be a 
> nice cheap
> > solution to us ultra 5/10 folks that want extra 24b 
> 1024x768+ heads, are
> > the ATI Expert at Work PCI cards made around 1998. They are 4mb cards
> > (there is an upgrade module to 8mb, but I bet that's nearly 
> impossible
> > to find these days). Hardware wise, it's almost identical 
> to the onboard
> > 24b fb shipped on the newer ultra 5. I'm using one right 
> now, and I'm
> > very happy with it - super value.
> > If anyone has any of these, we would like (ahem, 
> ***NEED***) a couple.
> > I'd also consider some of the certified 3rd party fbs, but 
> unless I hear
> > otherwise, I can only trust what I know works.
> > Call me a sucker for surrounding myself with CRT, but I'm 
> going for the
> > full on Quadraclops little workstation ;)
> > If I get some sort of tumor, then we'll all know why...
> > Dan
> 
> Anybody know if the ATI chipsets are *faster* than the 
> Permedia 2 chipsets?
> I've got a PGX32 in this machine (genuine Sun), but would 
> swap it for a
> 4mb ATI card if the ATI card is any faster....

The ATI chipset kinda sucks.  My OLD 4MB Matrox Millenium2 is about as good
at my 8MB ATI 3D Rage Pro, if not better.  I don't really know about the
Permedia2 chipset, but when it was new it was hot stuff.
	Greg