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In article <THEN.93Jan20112432@lk-hp-7.hut.fi> then@snakemail.hut.fi (Tomi  H Engdahl) writes:
>In article <93Jan20.031847.43680@acs.ucalgary.ca> akctai@acs.ucalgary.ca (Alan Kar-cheung Tai) writes:
>
>>I was wondering if anyone out there has dared to replace the DAC on
>>their video card with the Sierra DAC chip.  This is supposed to allow
>>the card to output 16-bit color.  The card I have now is a Trident 8900.
>
>If you have non-interlaced monitor, video BIOS at least version 3.01
>and 8900C vide chip, no problems should occur.
>
>If you have interlaced monitor, you need tvgacrtc. It must be new enough that 
>it supports 32k/64k colour video modes, otherwise there may be difficulties in
>getting them fit into the screen.
>
>If the old DAC chip is directly soldered to circuit board, there are
>difficulties in removing the old DAC chip and installing new one. You have
>to be experienced desoldering and soldering to do the job.
>
>There can be some problems with high-resolution (800x600) hicolor modes,
>because it is possible that other hardware can't keep up with DAC. If 
>problems occurs, you have to lower the scan rate. One of my friends has
>to use 45Hz refresh rate in 800x600 hicolor mode.

I'd say you'd be better off getting one of the generic 
Tseng ET4000 based cards with hicolor - the Trident with
hicolor should be comfortably slow...




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