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In <Pine.SOL.3.93.960710105010.17157D-100000@venice.rp.CSIRO.AU>, Matt Hyne <mhyne@rp.csiro.au> writes:


>I am going to chuck my Diamond card and buy a decent OS/2 supported
>one.
>
>Can anyone tell me a decent card that they have found that can do
>1024x768x256 @ 72Hz or better.
>
>I have a #9 card in my machine at home and it is absolutely EXCELLENT -
>but a bit too pricey when my work is paying. 

Two video cards that are well-supported under OS/2 are the Matrox
Millenium MGA, and the Elsa Winner 2000.

The MGA performs fantastically and has great OS/2 drivers, and retails
for around $350-400 Australian for the 2Mb version.  It's not as
expensive as a #9, but it's still pretty costly.  You can get info
about it at "http://www.matrox.com/mgaweb/brochure.htm".

I don't know a lot about the Elsa, but this card is the only one to
support IBM's ENDIVE in software or hardware.  Check out
"http://www.elsa.com", "http://www.elsa.com/c/applicat/applic_e.htm"
and "http://www.elsa.com/c/applicat/os2_e.htm" for info on this one.

Personally, I'm using a Speed64V+ w/2Mb, which is an implementation of
the S3 Trio 64V+ chipset.  The latest drivers (2/7/96) seem to work
well, although they don't support 24bit colour at 800x600 (my preferred
resolution), and they seem to choke on DIVE from time to time.  It's
not perfect, but I got it at a good price so I'm pretty happy. :)

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