[ale] Viper550 or Banshee?

[Jim Popovitch]

I have a Diamond Viper 550 and a Creative Labs VooDoo2 Banshee.  Both cards
are excellent, and both work well under X, Win98 & WinNT.  Make sure, which
ever one you get, that you go to the Diamond or Creative web page and get
the latest drivers!

The Diamond Viper 550 was easiest to install all the way around.  (on RedHat
5.2 X Windows I just used the Diamond Riva128 settings).  The
VooDoo2-Banshee needs a custom X server from the link below.

    http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html

Make sure you get an AGP card, it's worth it.

-Jim





-----Original Message-----
 From: Nomad the Wanderer <nomad at orci.com>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 2:06 PM
Subject: [ale] Viper550 or Banshee?


>  I'm looking at getting a Viper550 or a Banshee.  I dont care about
>drivers, etc for windows, but how about X?  Anyone have any experience?
>
>Robert
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