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Re: ATI Ultra Pro: Good or SUCKS????

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From: Kevin Blaine Fluet
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:59
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pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor) writes:

>In article <_ah3djk@rpi.edu>, gilem@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile) writes:
>|> Well, I have one too, and although it is fast, it still doesn't compare to 
>|> a Sun, NeXT, or RS/6000 for scrolling speed, but it is still really fast.
>|> I certainly could always use more speed, though, and if you are running windows
>|> all the time, I would suggest getting the fastest video you can!

>Funny, I have a SPARCstation 2 on my desk, and my subjective impression is
>that the ATI is *AT LEAST* as fast.  Actually, I feel that it's faster, but I
>didn't want to say that lest nobody believe me...

My Gateway 66V (with the Ultra Pro) running X (under Linux -- a free unix
clone) is _definitely_ faster than the NeXT's I have used.

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