Re: Good graphics programs to show off SVGA

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From: Peter Arien
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 13:16

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In article <1991May28.155346.15867@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
smsmith@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M Smith) says:
>
>I suppose there are people out there who would like action games
>in 1024x768x256.  Well, given that I have an Orchid Pro II and a
>Sony 1304HG and that it takes 10 seconds for a single 1024x768x256
>picture to load, that's going to be pretty hard to do on today's
>hardware!  A coprocessor wouldn't even help...you would need a
>much faster graphics card and a bus speed of much higher than 8 MHz.
>

Wouldn't XGA do the job ? The PC-lab here at our university
demonstrated one of these goodies and the speed and resolution
of the animations was stunning.


Peter.

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