[ale] Savage Cards

[Chris Fowler]

Great!  I can install Linux on the box and use 4.1.0 with out any hassles.  I hope the 64mb will prove beneficial.


Would it be too dificult to place an older S3 PCI card in the slot and go dula head?  Both monitors will be HP4033A 21"?



Thanks,
Chris Fowler




-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Hopkins [mailto:hne at inetnow.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 11:56 AM
To: Chris Fowler
Cc: 'ale at ale.org'
Subject: Re: [ale] Savage Cards



 From http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/Status28.html#28


<<QUOTE>>
28. S3


3.3.6:


     Support (accelerated) for the S3 911, 924, 801, 805, 928, 864, 868, 964, 968, Trio32, Trio64, Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Aurora64V+, Trio64V2, PLATO/PX is provided by the XF86_S3 server and the XF86_SVGA server with the s3_svga driver. Support (accelerated) for the ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX, ViRGE/MX+ is provided by the XF86_S3V server. Support (accelerated) for those ViRGE chips, as well as the Trio3D and Trio3D/2X is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the s3v driver. Support (accelerated) for the Savage3D, Savage3D/MV, Savage4, and Savage2000, is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the s3_savage driver on some OSes 

(Linux, *BSD).
4.1.0:


     Support (accelerated) for the ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX, ViRGE/MX+, Trio3D and Trio3D/2X is provided by the "s3virge" driver. Support (accelerated) for the Savage3D, Savage3D/MV, Savage4, and Savage2000, is provided by the "savage" driver. Support for the other S3 chipsets has not yet been ported.

Summary:


     Only the ViRGE, Trio3D and Savage chipsets are supported in 4.1.0. All of the other chipsets are supported only in 3.3.6.

<<ENDQUOTE>>


   So, the answer would seem to be a "yes".



Chris Fowler wrote:


> Many reccomended the Savage4 32 Meg Card.  I purchased a Savage2000 
> 64Meg card
> at the Super Computer Show.  Will this card work in Linux?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris Fowler
> 
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