4 Supported video-card chip-sets

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At this time, XFree86 3.1.2 supports the following accelerated chipsets:

8514/A

(and true clones)

ATI

Mach8, Mach32, Mach64

Cirrus

CLGD5420, CLGD5422, CLGD5424, CLGD5426, CLGD5428, CLGD5429, CLGD5430, CLGD5434

S3

86C911, 86C924, 86C801, 86C805, 86C805i, 86C928, 86C864, 86C964, 86C732, 86C764, 86C868, 86C968

Western Digital

WD90C31, WD90C33, WD90C24A

Weitek

P9000

IIT

AGX-014, AGX-015, AGX-016

IBM

XGA-2

Tseng

ET4000/W32, ET4000/W32i, ET4000/W32p

The Cirrus, Western Digital and Oak accelerators are supported in the SVGA server; the other chipsets each have their own server. A list of some cards which the accelerated servers have been tested is included in the files AccelCards, Devices, the xf86config utility's Cards database, and some of the chipset-specific README files. They may well work on other cards, but we cannot guarantee it.

In addition, the following SVGA chipsets are supported:

Tseng

ET3000, ET4000AX, ET4000/W32

Western Digital/Paradise

PVGA1

Western Digital

WD90C00, WD90C10, WD90C11, WD90C24, WD90C24A, WD90C30, WD90C31,WD90C33

Genoa

GVGA

Trident

TVGA8800CS, TVGA8900B, TVGA8900C, TVGA8900CL, TVGA9000, TVGA9000i, TVGA9100B, TVGA9200CX, TVGA9320, TVGA9400CX, TVGA9420

ATI

18800, 18800-1, 28800-2, 28800-4, 28800-5, 28800-6, 68800-3, 68800-6, 68800AX, 68800LX, 88800CX, 88800GX

NCR

77C22, 77C22E, 77C22E+

Cirrus Logic

CLGD5420, CLGD5422, CLGD5424, CLGD5426, CLGD5428, CLGD5429, CLGD5430, CLGD5434, CLGD6205, CLGD6215, CLGD6225, CLGD6235, CLGD6410, CLGD6412, CLGD6420, CLGD6440

Compaq

AVGA

OAK

OTI067, OTI077, OTI087

Avance Logic

ALG2101, ALG2228, ALG2301, ALG2302, ALG2308, ALG2401

Chips & Technology

65520, 65530, 65540, 65545

MX

MX68000, MX680010

Video 7/Headland Technologies

HT216-32

ARK Logic

ARK1000PV, ARK2000PV

RealTek

RTG3106

All of the above are supported in both 256 color and monochrome modes, with the exception of the Advance Logic, MX, Chips & Technology, Video 7, ARK, RealTek chipsets, which are only supported in 256 color mode.

Refer to the chipset-specific README files (currently for Cirrus, Tseng, Western Digital, ATI, ARK, Trident, Oak and Video 7) for more information about using those chipsets.

The monochrome server also supports generic VGA cards, using 64k of video memory in a single bank, the Hercules monochrome card, the Hyundai HGC1280, Sigma LaserView, Visa and Apollo monochrome cards. On the Compaq AVGA, only 64k of video memory is supported for the monochrome server, and the GVGA has not been tested with more than 64k.

The VGA16 server supports memory banking with the ET4000, Trident, ATI, NCR, OAK and Cirrus 6420 chipsets allowing virtual display sizes up to about 1600x1200 (with 1MB of video memory). For other chipsets the display size is limited to approximately 800x600.

Note: The Diamond SpeedStar 24 (and possibly recent SpeedStar+) boards are NOT supported, even though they use the ET4000. The Stealth 32 which uses the ET4000/W32p is also not fully supported. The Weitek 9100 and 9130 chipsets are not supported (these are used on the Diamond Viper Pro and Viper SE boards). Most other Diamond boards will work with this release of XFree86. Diamond is now actively supporting The XFree86 Project, Inc.

The Trident TGUI9440 series of chips is not yet supported, but we are working on this.

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