What video adapters will the driver work with?

# 3 What video adapters will the driver work with?

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Most boards harbouring the following ATI video controller chips will work with this driver:

> VGA Wonder series: 18800, 18800-1, 28800-2, 28800-4, 28800-5, 28800-6

> Mach32 series: 68800-3, 68800-6, 68800AX, 68800LX

> Mach64 series: 88800

Some early Mach32 boards will not work with this driver because they do not provide VGA Wonder functionality. Also, early Mach8 boards will not work for the same reason, unless the board also has a video controller from the VGA Wonder series (or is connected to one through the VGA passthrough connector).

These boards are available with a variety of clock generators and RAMDACs. See the XF86Config section below for details. These boards are available with or without a mouse. When they do have a mouse (ISA boards only), it is either a proprietary ATIXL busmouse, or one that uses the Logitech busmouse protocol.

VGA Wonder V3 boards use a 18800 video controller and generate dot clocks with crystals. VGA Wonder V4 boards have a 18800-1 and also use crystals. VGA Wonder V5 boards also use a 18800-1, but have a 18810 clock generator. VGA Wonder+ boards use a 28800-2 and a 18810. Other than these, ATI's board naming convention (if it can be said that one exists) starts to fall apart.

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