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Article #884Re: Video Card Recommendation requested
From: Dan Hemphill
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:00
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In article <53cbj6$2uq@news.smart.net>, mobius@smart.net says... > >Matthew or Stephanie Floyd <mfloyd@eden.com> wrote: > >>Looking for recommendations on the best video card that meets the >>following requirements. If you have negative recommendations against >>certain cards, I would appreciate that also. > >>Bus: VLB > >I ran VL bus video for several years. My recommdation NOW is to buy a >new motherboard and use a modern Video Card with PCI bus. > >>Windows 95 Drivers >>2 MB VRAM (expandable a plus) > >VRAM is not necessarily a good choice. The Faster Video cards don't >use it. > >>Price: less than $200.00 > >The STB Lightspeed and Hercules Dynamite 128 are both under $200 and >both PCI. You'll have trouble just finding a good VL bus card these >days. > I agree, they are pretty much outdated now anyway..just about everyone i know is moving to Pentium..and i recently bought a Hercules Dynamite 128, and i love it..much faster then my old Cirrus Logic..plus the synchronous MDRAM flies.
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