Re: tlug: 10/100base2 NICs for Linux

[Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com>]

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Chris Sekiya wrote:

> S3VirGE cards are cheap and well-supported by XFree86.

The two that I've used were not good.  Well, one was truly horrible
(that was a DX, I believe).  Based on experience, if I saw one being
thrown away, I would just leave it.  While they may be well-supported,
the are not in themselves good.  "Cheap" is the most important word in
"cheap and well-supported."  You get what you pay for.  If this machine
will be a server, it's easier to get away with a cheapo video card,
because X won't be used much (if at all) anyway.  If this is
a workstation, he should get a good card and the best monitor the budget
allows.


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