campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) (05/26/91)
I'm trying to configure a 486 box to replace my Sparcstation 2 (sigh, don't ask, I have to have DOS Merge and an ANSI lint, and real X11R4, not OpenWindows). I am probably going to buy a Dell box because of good experiences with their gear and their support in the past. (Some other lucky person in my office will inherit the Sparc.) Now, Dell's top-of-the-line display is their own card, called GPX or something, which is OK but costs too much (the Sparc was free, but we have to pay real money for the 486...) When I complained about the price, the sales critter offered me a Sigma Designs card, which is supposed to be 1024x768x256 -- same as the GPX -- but about $1,000 less. Which brings me to The Question: Are these cards any good? What does the GPX card do for $1,000 more that the Sigma Designs card won't? (The sales critter was stumped on that one.) -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc., 120 Fulton Street campbell@redsox.bsw.com Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (USA)
tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) (05/28/91)
In <1991May26.024123.27877@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes: [question about Dell GPX vs. Sigma Designs card] >Are these cards any good? What does the GPX card do for $1,000 more that the >Sigma Designs card won't? (The sales critter was stumped on that one.) The GPX has a TI34010 graphics coprocessor on board with 1Meg VRAM. Think of it as a PC equivalent of the Sun GX. Basically it is intelligent, whereas VGA cards are not so it can offload some of the work of the X server and is faster in certain circumstances (depends on your drivers !). Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Berkshire, UK, RG12 1RW. Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast - Red Dwarf
Tim.Wright@sunbrk.FidoNet.Org (Tim Wright) (05/29/91)
In <1991May26.024123.27877@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes: [question about Dell GPX vs. Sigma Designs card] >Are these cards any good? What does the GPX card do for $1,000 more that the >Sigma Designs card won't? (The sales critter was stumped on that one.) The GPX has a TI34010 graphics coprocessor on board with 1Meg VRAM. Think of it as a PC equivalent of the Sun GX. Basically it is intelligent, whereas VGA cards are not so it can offload some of the work of the X server and is faster in certain circumstances (depends on your drivers !). Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Berkshire, UK, RG12 1RW. Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast - Red Dwarf * Origin: Seaeast - Fidonet<->Usenet Gateway - sunbrk (1:343/15.0)