From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) In-Reply-To: <4CC85D81.60603@orthanc.ca> References: <4CC85D81.60603@orthanc.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7477907E-2C0D-4E41-80A8-7A688B19A91F@fastmail.fm> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ethan Grammatikidis Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:21:52 +0000 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Non-VESA video card Topicbox-Message-UUID: 73d6bb52-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 27 Oct 2010, at 6:12 pm, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > Can anyone recommend a current-production PCI (not -express) video > card > that will run in native (NOT VESA) mode? I'm not too fussy about > VGA vs. > DVI, but it would be nice if the driver supported both. Are there any in production at all? I tried to get one back in the AGP era and found it almost impossible; I eventually got a 1MB card second-hand which the shop staff had almost forgotten they had. I heard the situation improved a little bit after that (but still in the AGP era) because people wanted second cards, but PCI cards were significantly more expensive than AGP. With PCI-e allowing for at least 2 regular graphics cards in most machines and PCI-e 1x graphics cards filling the niche PCI cards filled in AGP machines, I'd be surprised if anyone's making PCI cards at all. I'm really curious what machine this is for.