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Re: Recommendations for fast VL-Bus Video card

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From: Len Dorfman
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 00:00
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In message <4037tm$76j@steel.interlog.com> - rpews@interlog.com (Rick Pews) wri
tes:
:>
:>I'm about to do away with my ATI GU+ video card and am looking for something 
:>that is fast with good OS/2 support, but that will cost me less than one 
:>of ATI's Mach64 cards (at $250, they're a bit much for hacking about with 
:>at home). 
:>
:>I am looking for a VL-Bus card capable of running 1280x1024 non-interlaced at 
:>at least 60 Hz, 256 colours or better (i.e. 2 Meg Ram or more), with 
:>excellent OS/2 drivers. I don't care about WinOS/2 support since I don't use 
:>it. Also, it must be capable of running at 40 MHz (I'm told that some VL-Bus 
:>cards don't run reliably above 33 MHz). Above all, it must be faster (and 
:>have better drivers) than the ATI Mach32 cards, otherwise it would be a waste 
:>of money.
:>
:>
:>Do any of the S3 or (ugh) Diamond cards qualify?
:>
:>
:>Suggestions?
:>
:

I've been using the ATI Xpression with 2 Meg for about 8 months on my 66 MHz 
486 VLB machine. It's beeen rock solid and quite quick with the drivers right 
out of Warp's box. It's currently running around $200. If I switch to a PCI 
machine in the future I'll get the PCI version of this card.

Len
ldorfman@li.net
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From: ldodorfman@li.net (Len Dorfman)
Subject: Re: Recommendations for fast VL-Bus Video card
Date: 1995/08/09
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