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Re: Graphics card

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From: Tim
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 00:00
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Whilst downing a seventh pint John H. Snow said, on 12-Oct-97 13:16:04:
>> >autosensing card. Either of these cards are excellent IMHO! Then you
>> >have the PicassoIV and the CyberVision3D neither of which I know much
>> >about other than seeing on USENET that people seem to have a lot of
>> >problems with both of them.
>>
>> The PicassoIV is a good 2D board, faster than either P2 or P2+. If you want
>> 3D, the only Amiga board that I know of supporting this is the CV64-3D.
>> I've heard it's slower than other boards, but has some nitpiclky details
>> better than the rest too. (Can do small scaling PIP, the PIV can onlny
>> scale PIPs from
>> 1 to 4 times the "real size", which Jim Drew seems to be the only guy
>> complaining about) The only trouble you might run into with th ePIV is
>> software problems.


>That and the price--the PIV is noticeably more expensive than the CV.


Sure, if you can live without being able to see original Amiga modes.. fine.
Otherwise the price between the two is fairly equal since you need the
scandoubler unit for the CV3D as well.



Tim R. Stubbs, A4000/060/PicassoIV, Q Development Group (Project Manager) URL:
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~oondy
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From: Tim <dangel@angeldos.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Graphics card
Date: 1997/10/25
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