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Re: Graphics card

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From: Tim
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:00
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>> >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.

There wasn't enough in it to persuade me to go for the slower CV3D (with
scandoubler - a must for me anyway) to be honest with you (and that was when
PIVs were REALLY expensive!).



Tim R. Stubbs, A4000/060/PicassoIV, Q Development Group - "Project FUBAR"
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From: Tim <dangel@angeldos.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Graphics card
Date: 1997/10/13
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