[ale] video card question

[Christopher S. Adams]

i'd like to make a note that the banshee came after the voodoo2
the order and memory of the cards were as follows
voodoo == 4mb, 6mb
voodoo rush (2d/3d) == 6mb
voodoo2 == 8mb, 12mb
banshee (2d/3d) == 16mb
voodoo3 (2d/3d) == 16mb

the banshee is a slightly slower version of the voodoo2 with no
multitexturing and 2d support tacked on
as far as X goes, i've heard mixed reviews
i'm personally opting for a nvidia riva tnt2

Chris


-----Original Message-----
 From: Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>
To: Jim Popovitch <jimpop at rocketship.com>
Cc: ALE <ale at ale.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] video card question


>Jim Popovitch wrote:
>>
>> The Banshee chips were the predecessor to the Voodoo2 chips.  3dfx saw a
>> way to improve the Voodoo chip by adding some cache and o/cing it.
>
>Hmmm, well this thing is called Mighty Banshee, but voodoo2 is printed
>on the box.  I tried the drivers referred to earlier by someone else and
>I was able to get X up and running.  I'm going to play with it a bit on
>another box before replacing my Matrox Millennium card with it.
>
> For
>> the most part, it's v2 compatible. You can get Banshee and v2 drivers
>> from linuxberg.com
>>
>> Banshee, v2, v3, TNT, Matrox...are all chipsets.  However 3dfx has
>> decided to not only sell chipsets, but now also cards, giving us the
>> Voodoo3-2000/3000/3500 family of cards.
>>
>> FWIW, I have a banshee card and it rocks.
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>> Wandered Inn wrote:
>> >
>> > I recently picked up a no-name video card that I'd like to see if I
>> > could get it to work with Linux.  It's by a company named InnoVision
and
>> > is called a Mighty Banshee.  It says it's a Voodoo2 card, but I can't
>> > find any specific info on the actual chipset.  A bit of ignorance here,
>> > but is Voodoo2 a chipset, or a specific technology that is supported by
>> > various chipsets?  The company has a web site, but it pretty much sucks
>> > as well as the docs that came with the card.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Until later: Geoffrey           esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
>> >
>> > It should be illegal to yell "Y2K" in a crowded economy.
>> >         -- Larry Wall, creator of the programming language Perl
>
>--
>Until later: Geoffrey esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
>
>It should be illegal to yell "Y2K" in a crowded economy.
> -- Larry Wall, creator of the programming language Perl