[Discussion] Video card buying advice

[Thomas Clayton]

Dear James:

SciTech VESA ?=? SNAP (Universal Graphics driver)

Also, Jim, do you ALREADY know about SciTech Inc.s SNAP universal (all 
Otes) display driver ('architecture')?
  (It's the follow-on to their 'Display Doctor' device driver which IS
a
    derivative work from their Universal VESA BIOS Extension (UniVBE)
    display driver for DOS.)

It does wonderful things for our eCS / OS/2, IMO.

You WILL want to check their website for their last - that's LAST (NOT 
latest!) - listing of supported display adapters.

Sincerely,

Thomas Clayton
Oh, & BTW, I'd like to welcome you to this list.

James Cannon wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> That all depends whether you want to buy a card that
> is supported by SciTech's driver or not. I am quite
> satisfied using SciTech VESA driver. For me it is fast
> enough for any 2D work I throw at it. All depends on
> your budget and whether it will dual-boot. If it will
> dual-boot and you plan on hooking it up to an HDTV,
> you probably want to get on that has HDCP (HD Copy
> Protection) should you ever add a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD
> drive. If not, then it is more based on your pocket
> book, as the choices are pretty much NVidia or AMD
> (ATI).
> 
> Sincerely,
> James Cannon
> 
> 
> --- "J.J.G." <gewissensbisse at rcn.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am building my first PC for E-Com 1.2
>>
>> What Video card for the motherboards ( PCI express
>> 16 slot ) should I buy ?
>> Must have DVI output
>>
>> Priced under $ 200.00 ...... please
>>
>> --------
>>
>> MB ..........ASUS M2N-E
>> CPU ....... AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200
>> Memory ...Kingston DDR 800 (2GB)
>> Adaptec  SCSI card 29320 A-R
>> 2 Seagate . 146 GB SCSI 320 Hard Drives
>> SoundBlaster Live 5.1
>> Antec tower  ......... P180B
>>
>>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Princeton monitor ... VL 2017 
>> Two inputs ............. DVI and  Analog
>> 1600 X 1200  (native resolution)
>>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> Thanks
>> Jim