6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) (02/14/91)
I'm looking for a good but inexpensive graphics card to drive a VGA monitor in 800x600 or 1024x768 modes at 256 colors. I'm thinking of the Boca Super VGA board with 512K for $139 or with 1Meg for $179. Anyone out there have one? How is its performance? What drivers are included with it? I'm just look- ing for a reasonably priced video system for my lab computer and don't need the speed (Diamond SpeedSTAR) I have at home. Thanks in advance. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ William W. (Boo) Bushing | "Life is too important to be 6500boo@ucsbuxa.bitnet | taken seriously" 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu | - Einstein Marine Biotechnology Lab Univ. of Calif. Santa Barbara ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) (02/14/91)
In article <9103@hub.ucsb.edu> 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) writes: >I'm looking for a good but inexpensive graphics card to drive >a VGA monitor in 800x600 or 1024x768 modes at 256 colors. I'm >thinking of the Boca Super VGA board with 512K for $139 or >with 1Meg for $179. Anyone out there have one? How is its >performance? What drivers are included with it? Extra questions: What chipset is it based on (ET4000, Trident)? Where do you buy it for the prices above?
dank@eng.umd.edu (Daniel R. Kuespert) (02/14/91)
In article <1991Feb14.083754.12048@agate.berkeley.edu> ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) writes: >In article <9103@hub.ucsb.edu> 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) writes: >>I'm looking for a good but inexpensive graphics card to drive >>a VGA monitor in 800x600 or 1024x768 modes at 256 colors. I'm >>thinking of the Boca Super VGA board with 512K for $139 or >>with 1Meg for $179. Anyone out there have one? How is its >>performance? What drivers are included with it? I've got one---works fine. Since it's based on the Tseng4000 chip, it's quite fast, although performance of any sVGA board suffers at 1024x768. There's drivers for Windows 2/3/386, Word Perfect, AutoCAD, GEM, Ventura Publisher, Lotus 123/Symphony, WordStar, and a few utility programs. >Where do you buy it for the prices above? I wouldn't know, as mine was bundled with my new machine (actually, I got it as a booby prize when the company didn't ship the card I'd spec'd; I don't mind since it's better than the one I paid for.) -- Daniel R. Kuespert | Disclaimer: Chemical Process Systems Lab | University of Maryland, College Park | "I lied; it's a vice I have." dank@eng.umd.edu |
jstone@world.std.com (Jeffrey R Stone) (02/15/91)
6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) writes: > I'm >thinking of the Boca Super VGA board with 512K for $139 or >with 1Meg for $179. Anyone out there have one? I am using one now. It's based on the Tseng 4000 chipset. It does 800x600, and 1024x768 (interlaced - No flicker on my MAG Computronic monitor, though). I can't comment on BIOS speed, since I've no other VGA to compare to. BTW, PC Connection sells it for $145 w/1 meg installed. -jeff-