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In article <815779071snz@sierra.demon.co.uk>
           Geoff@sierra.demon.co.uk "Geoff Smith" writes:

> I basically want SVGA, 1024*1024, 16 M colours.  Beyond
> that, I am not sure.  Is 1Mb enough?  It seems to have been when my old
> card worked, but what am I missing out on?  How about this VESA thing?

1024x1024? Are you sure? Do you have a square monitor or do you use a virtual 
screen? Usual formats are 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200. 1MB for 1Kx1Kx24bit? 

1024x1024= 1 MegaByte. 
24 bits = 3 bytes. 
1MB*3=3MB

You need a 4MB board for that. 3MB are pretty rare. I hope you have a VLB or 
PCI machine because I wouldn't like to drive a 3MB screen through an ISA bus.

> So, could anyone please help me with the best I can get (for a limited
> budget), 

What sort of budget? You won't do it for 100 quid. You *will* get a 2MB board
(800x600@24bit or 1024x768@16bit) for about that though. The Matrox 
Millennium is getting good reviews recently, but you will pay a bit for it. 
Mind you, you will pay for any 4MB video card. What do you want to do with 
it? Windows only? DOS? Games? There is little point paying for a super-duper 
Windowsy card if you are mainly using DOS (actually I doubt this since you 
want 1024x1024).

> How about trading in my old card-Any chance of that?

Arf arf. Good joke. Dead 1MB video card. Have a look in Micro Mart for video
cards and see how cheap live ones are. Also have a look at the rest of the 
adverts and see how much some suppliers can fleece you for.

Mike