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In article <1992Sep10.190217.27901@en.ecn.purdue.edu> ram@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert A McGowan) writes:
>
>I recently called ATI about the Ultra Graphics Pro and the Ultra Graphics +.
>Both of these adapters are not going to be shipped until the last week
>in September.  Here is a summary of features that apply to both cards:
>
>Available in ISA, EISA, Microchannel (not local bus)
>1Meg ram is standard, upgradable to 2Meg
>True Color (16.7 million) at 800x600
>1024x768 at 65,000 colors (accelerated and noninterlaced)
>basic functionality of Graphics Ultra
>
>Ultra PRO:
>Winmark of 25.5 million (existing Graphics Ultra is 9 million)
>non-interlaced accelerated at 1280x1024 with 256 colors
>uses VRAM
>priced from $599 (from ATI)
>
>Ultra +:
>Winmark of 21 million
>interlaced at 1280x1024 (I don't think it is accelerated)
>uses DRAM
>priced from $399
>
>A local bus version is not available.  They did tell me that they do
>make a local bus card for Gateway.  However, ATI would not tell me any
>of the specs.  The people at Gateway did not know much about the card.
>The only thing that they could tell me was that a ATI New Generation card
>was going in the local bus of the 66Mhz DX2.  They said it was about
>3 times faster than the Graphics Ultra.
>
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>Bob McGowan
>ram@en.ecn.purdue.edu
>Standard Disclaimer - Not associated with any mentioned company.

not to disagree with you, but I spoke with someone at Ariel Design, 
which use the same micronics VL-bus motherboards that will be in the
gateway dx2-66, and they are selling a VESA local bus version of 
the ATI graphics ultra pro, 24-bit color at 640x480, 16-bit at
1024x768, and 8-bit at 1280x1024.  they claim a 4x increase over
the graphics ultra, and the upgrade price, with a machine, is $500.
This looks great, but they only have limited quantities available, and
their prices are high because they use really nice name-brand 
components in their machines.

Mike
gilem@rpi.edu