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- From: evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch)
- Subject: Re: High end video recommendations wanted
- Organization: Somewhere just far enough out of Toronto
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:07:51 GMT
- Message-ID: <2B1101D8.1E48@telly.on.ca>
- References: <1992Nov19.142701.17968@crd.ge.com>
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- In article <1992Nov19.142701.17968@crd.ge.com>
- davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
-
- > Before I tell people to buy workstations, does anyone sell a high
- >performance video system which will run under ODT or Dell V.4? We're
- >looking for 24 bit color at resolutions of 1152x900 and/or 1280x1024
- >and/or 1280x960. At this res obviously you need acceleration.
-
- Here are the high-end video boards supported by 80x86 UNIX that I know of.
- I have no idea how much they cost or what their relative speeds are:
-
- Resolution Board Supported by
-
- 1600x1200, 256 Number 9 GXI Level 27 PPC
- 1600x1200, 256 Artist XJS 12-16 (2MB) PPC
- 1600x1200, 16 Whirlwin 1600 Pixelworks
- 1600x1200, 16 Pixelworks WhirlWIN 1600 MetroLink
- 1600x1200, 16 Number 9 GXI 1600 PPC
- 1664x1200, mono Everex UltraGraphics II ESIX
- 1280x1024, 16.7M Artist WinSprint 400/256 (2MB) PPC
- 1280x1024, 32K VidTech GrapMax PPC*
- 1280x1024, 32K Number 9 GXITC Level 29 PPC*
- 1280x1024, 256 Whirlwin 1280 Pixelworks
- 1280x1024, 256 VidTech GrapMax LB24 (VLBus,2MB) PPC*
- 1280x1024, 256 Pixelworks WhirlWIN 1280 MetroLink
- 1280x1024, 256 Pixelworks WhirlWIN SGCS
- 1280x1024, 256 Number 9 GX MetroLink*
- 1280x1024, 256 Nth Graphics Engine/150 SGCS
- 1280x1024, 256 Nth Graphics Engine/150 MetroLink
- 1280x1024, 256 Microfield X8/V8 MetroLink*
- 1280x1024, 256 Microfield X8 Microfield
- 1280x1024, 256 Microfield V8 Microfield
- 1280x1024, 256 Microfield T8 Microfield
- 1280x1024, 256 Matrox PG1281 Series MetroLink
- 1280x1024, 256 ELSA Winner 1280 SGCS
- 1280x1024, 256 Artist WinSprint 400/16 PPC
- 1280x1024, 256 Artist WinSprint 1000, 900 PPC
- 1280x1024, 256 Actix Graphics Engine 32+/LB(2MB) PPC
- 1280x1024, 256 Actix Graphics Engine 32+ PPC
- 1280x1024, 256 ATI ULTRA PRO/ULTRAZ Plus SGCS
- 1280x1024, 256 ATI 8514 Graphics Pro MetroLink
- 1280x1024, 256 ATI 8514 Graphics Plus MetroLink
- 1024x768, 64K ATI Graphics Ultra+/Graphics Pro ????
- 1024x768, 32K Actix Graphics Engine 32+/LB(2MB) PPC*
- 800x600, 16.7M ATI Graphics Ultra+/Graphics Pro ????
-
- Abbreviations:
-
- PPC - Pittsburgh Powercomputing
- SGCS - Snittly Graphics Consulting Service
- * - Expected on or before first quarter, 1993
- ???? - The card can do this, but a driver does not exist yet.
-
- This information is based on the best information I have from Univel,
- ESIX and ATI. I hope it helps.
-
- --
- Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software Ltd., located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
- evan@telly.on.ca / uunet!utzoo!telly!evan / (416) 452-0504
- "IBM's three letters are probably EBCDIC for CYA" - Nik H.
-