Diamond used the nVidia TNT2 chipset to make the Viper 770. It came in 3 models. The 16 and the 32 meg and the 32 ultra (just faster memory and clocking). I have purchased several of the 16 and non-ultra 32's. I believe Diamond was purchased by S3 before the M64 was release so they never got a chance to make any cards with that nVidia chip set. I thought the M64 came out after the TNT2 as the lower cost version from the TNT family. The only difference in the cards is the memroy, same TNT2 chipset. Diamond used to be my favorite video card manufacturer until purchased by S3. I have had different models from the large stealth series, firegl 1000 and firegl 1000 pro, and viper 330 (riva 128) and several viper 770's (skipped over the viper 550). "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > FYI - I don't believe that there are any 16MB Diamond Viper 770 that are not > M64 - in other words - it is almost certainly a M64 - it probably came from > a factory built computer (i.e. from Gateway). I could be wrong, but I don't > believe so. > > But to answer your question, XF86 3.3.6 or XF86 4.0.1 should work just fine > for you. The latter will support 3D accelleration better with the patches > from NVidia's sight. The latter is also known to have SUID security > problems. > > Tom Veldhouse > veldy at veldy.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Layer" <b.layer at vikingelectronics.com> > To: <tclug-list at lists.real-time.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 10:17 AM > Subject: [TCLUG] Viper 770 16mb > > > Anyone have experience with the Diamod Viper 770 16MB under Linux? This > card > > uses the Nvidia TNT2 chipset (The full chip - not the M64 version IIRC). > Will > > I need to use XF76 4.0 for it? > > > > I can buy one used for about $45 or so.. sound fair? > > > > -- > > Bill Layer > > Sales Technician > > <b.layer at vikingelectronics.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list