Hardware woes
Jason
jason at ec.rr.com
Wed Nov 19 19:46:35 PST 2003
K Anderson wrote:
> Don't recall if I asked here. Asked on the Linux groups.
>
> I have the following:
> ATI AIW 9800 Pro (R350 w/dual whatever)
> Asus SK8N mobo (nForce 3 Pro 150)
> Audigy 2
> Opteron 246
>
> Should have gone with:
> nVidia something
> Haupage TV (or some other compat thingy)
> More compat mobo
> Maybe an Audigy 2
> Opteron 246
>
> So I'm wondering is there any chance to go with either Linux or
> FreeBSD using the hardware I already have and be able to do the TV
> thing and the sound thing or am I stuck using Windows XP?
>
> I tried GATOS, ATI drivers (they don't support 3d accel from what I
> can tell), and some other project with no luck. The sound was
> questionable as I do not have a means to check if the feature of the
> Audigy 2 are being used.
>
> Just wanted to know if anybody else out there in FreeBSD or Linux land
> might have an ATI AIW 9800 Pro and doing TV in and other fun stuff the
> card can do.
>
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I forgot, check the man page for the radeon driver if you have freebsd.
If not go to the web site. It looks like you have a lot of support in
the default drivers.
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