Aamir.Zakaria@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account) (08/05/90)
I have a PC/XT clone with a TTL monochrome monitor. I'm looking to buy a VGA card that is a)compatible with my current system, and b)upgradeable to 16-bit. I'm told that the ATI VGA Wonder would do the trick, but it seems that the mail-order places I'm calling are only stocking the ATI VGA Wonder Plus. Does anyone know the difference? Can you give me a recommendation? Do you know of any good mail-order places to get this stuff cheap? Thanks a lot!
whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) (08/06/90)
In article <706@beguine.UUCP> Aamir.Zakaria@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account) writes: >I have a PC/XT clone with a TTL monochrome monitor. I'm looking to buy >a VGA card that is a)compatible with my current system, and b)upgradeable >to 16-bit. I'm told that the ATI VGA Wonder would do the trick, but it >seems that the mail-order places I'm calling are only stocking the ATI >VGA Wonder Plus. Does anyone know the difference? Can you give me a >recommendation? Do you know of any good mail-order places to get this >stuff cheap? I bought my ATI Small Wonder from MCS. It hasn't given me any grief to date. Send to karl@mcs.mcs.com - He's the owner. Disclaimer: I don't work for MCS - I just like their service. -- whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM | I don't know, who's at DDSW1? | whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM! I asked YOU who's at DDSW1! Ok, there's a guy at DDSW1, right? | Right! Who? | Exactly! | What? | No, he's at lll-winken. | Where? | No, What! | I don't know! | He's at gargoyle. | Who? | No, he's at DDSW1.MCS.COM!
jps@uh.msc.umn.edu (Jeff P. Sorvik) (01/15/91)
Does anyone have recommendations for a mid-range VGA Card. I have been
consindering the Paradise Professional or the ATI VGA Wonder +. I need
for use with windows, and my present monitor only operates up to 60 Mhz.
Thanks,
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#---------------------------------------------------------------------------ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) (01/25/91)
>A short and simple question pertaining VGA cards. What's the advantage >of a 512K VGA card versus a 256K VGA card? ----------------------------- 256k ==> 16 colors 512k ==> 256 colors This is true for some of the resolution modes (possibly 320x200, 640x480...) but I'm not sure which ones - depends on the card. I think you also get higher resolution modes, too. Again, card dependant. -ted- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ted@helios.ucsc.edu |"He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the W (408)459-2110 |Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness H (408)423-2444 |and to walk humbly with your God?" Micah 6:8 (RSV)