Re: Dell 8200 - NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go - XF86

> 
> On Thursday 25 April 2002 10:00 pm, Tuc wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | 	Just bought a Dell 8200 with :
> |
> | NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go video controller with 64 MB of DDR RAM
> 
> That's unfortunate; it would have been better to get an ATI chip (which were 
> available upon request for the 7500, 8000, and 8100, at least, so probably 
> for the 8200 though I don't know for sure).
>
	No, it wasn't. GeForce2 or GeForce 4.
> 
> But I think you can make it work if you cvsup to the latest ports and build 
> XFree86 4.2 from the ports.
>
	Tried to do that, but it wouldn't build. :(
> 
> nvidia is, in general, bad news, and the best advice is to stay away from 
> them if you can.
> 
	:( I was encouraged seeing the http://nvidia.netexplorer.org pages,
but I guess didn't pay enough attention.

		Thanks, Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc.

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