spierk@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Kevin Spier) (11/29/90)
I need a 16-bit 1024x768 SVGA board and want to spend < $200. I want it to be able to do 256 colors at 800x600 and 1024x768. Speed and reliability are important but compatibility is a must (eg. Windows 3.0 drivers)! Please e-mail me any suggestions/opinions based on your personal experience. I will post a summary if there is sufficient interest. Thanks, Kevin L. Spier spierk@turing.cs.rpi.edu Kevin L. Spier spierk@turing.cs.rpi.edu
phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (11/30/90)
spierk@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Kevin Spier) writes: >I need a 16-bit 1024x768 SVGA board and want to spend < $200. I want >it to be able to do 256 colors at 800x600 and 1024x768. Speed and >reliability are important but compatibility is a must (eg. Windows 3.0 >drivers)! Please e-mail me any suggestions/opinions based on your Oh yeah, and I want a date with Kim Basinger too. Plus I want to win the lottery. Please tell me how I can do it by next week. I can't wait any longer. -- Compost: it's the right thing to do.
ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) (11/30/90)
In article <AH{^#&&@rpi.edu> spierk@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Kevin Spier) writes: >I need a 16-bit 1024x768 SVGA board and want to spend < $200. I want >it to be able to do 256 colors at 800x600 and 1024x768. Speed and >reliability are important but compatibility is a must (eg. Windows 3.0 >drivers)! I just bought a VGA Ultra (claims to be a ProDesigner II clone since it uses the same Tseng chip) with 1Meg for $180. After changing the crystal (it came set up for non-interlaced and I have an interlaced monitor) and getting the right drivers (it came with the software for a 256/512K board with the older version of the Tseng chip), I can run Windows and view GIF images. There's a slight shimmer effect in Windows presumably because of the interlace but it's very legible on my Seiko 1430. I don't have any GIF images bigger than 640x480x256 so I can't comment on how that looks but I'd expect images to be more benign than graphics. I don't have an Orcad driver yet but the font looks a bit small on the partial screen I get with the driver for the old Tseng chip. The shimmer is not visible like it is in Windows probably because of the black background. Performace is reasonable - 16-bit card, 25MHz 286 with cache, BIOS loaded into RAM. I'm happy with it. Mike Ching