Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 2 Jan 1997 10:59:56 -0800 (PST) | From | Rob Glover <> | Subject | Re: Video card questions... |
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First: Why would you WANT more than 1 video card? no real need.
Second: PCI is much faster than VLB.
Third: No real advantage, just having another monitor hooked up, but you shouldn't need it, linux has virtual consoles.
Fourth: My suggestion is to use the PCI card and not do anything, you can't merge the VRAM to 2 megs....
-Rob
On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Charlie Ross wrote:
> > I have a q or 2 about video cards and linux... for instance.. what can do > with 2 video cards? 3? > > Which is better pci or vlb bussing? > > Any advantage to more than one vcard? > can I use the video memory for anything neat? > > The reason I ask is that I currently have a PCI bussed cirrus logic > CL-GD5434 and I just got my hands on a Diamond "Speed Star Pro" (vlb) it > appeard to be (to my untrained eye) a Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428 with a > "SpeedStar Pro" bios. Havent put it in my machine yet... I also have a > Paradise (ISA :P) Can I use all 3? 2? if so how... if not which one is > best? > > Both the CL cards have a meg of vram... is there any cheezy way I can use > both cards to gether to give me 2 meg? (wishfull thinking I know but I have > seen some preety wacky things done with vram, including using it to up the > available dos mem to 720k... ) > > My machine will take vlb, pci and isa... so thats not a worry. > > Any suggestions? > > -Chuck > > s253343@gettysburg.edu > (717)-337-8212 > > "God is real, unless declared integer." > > > >
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