Re: ATI 256-color drivers

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From: Jerry Sheckel
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 1990 15:07

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In article <122055@tiger.oxy.edu> traiger@oxy.edu (Saul Traiger) writes:
>In article <3357@ryn.esg.dec.com>
>
>I have an Orchid Prodesigner Plus on one machine, and an OEM Paradise
>card on another. On both machines 256 color performance is unacceptably
>slow.
>

Maybe, but I've compared the performance of the latest (Nov. 5) ATI
256-color drivers against the ones shipped with the Tseng-based
PowerGraph card, and the ATI is noticeably slower -- the menu highlight
can't even keep up with the mouse at all!  Also, the ATI driver is
buggy -- I've seen it leave horizontal lines on the screen after moving or
resizing large windows.  I've switched back to the 16 color 800x600
driver -- it is REALLY fast and bug-free!  I sure hope ATI can come up with
a decent 256-color driver soon.
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From: jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Sheckel)
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Subject: Re: ATI 256-color drivers
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Date: 9 Nov 90 15:07:26 GMT
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