(Crowd funded) fix for SiS 671/771 video cards

[Pander]

> On 2013-05-07 08:22 (GMT+0200) Pander composed:
>
>> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>
>>> you can buy 2 or 3 new ATI or Nvidia cards for that $100
>>> and get much better performance & support than trying to make an old
>>> card
>>> limp along forever.
>
>> Well, it is an integrated card in my laptop.
>
> The newest SiS video _card_ I can recall ever encountering was made last
> century, before Intel began integrating video in motherboard chipsets as a
> matter of course. IOW, SiS video is typically a component on a low cost
> motherboard, often, maybe usually, on motherboards without slots in which
> to
> put any video card regardless of price. I bought myself a SiS video
> motherboard once. That won't happen again, except maybe under extreme
> duress,
> neglect or accident.

I would also not choose one agaon but it is widely used, see

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sis+771

and

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sis+671

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