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- From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (William Heiser)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Plus--what drivers avail?
- Message-ID: <105935@bu.edu>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 02:41:54 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.222759.5841@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <1993Jan2.175301.19755@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan2.175301.19755@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
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- >For OS/2 2.0 (without the Service Pak): 640x480-256, 800x600-256, and
- >1024x768-256, from ATI. None support "seamless" Win-OS/2 at present.
- >The ATI Ultra and Vantages series are 8514/A hardware compatible, so
- >they operate with the stock 8514/A driver in OS/2 2.x. That provides
- >1024x768 in 256 colors, and it is the recommended mode of operation at
- >present for that resolution. Do not set a refresh rate greater than
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- If both the ATI driver and the 8514/a driver support 1024x768-256,
- why is the 8514/a driver preferred? That's the mode I'm running with,
- but am curious about the ATI driver, as I've heard the ATI mode would
- be faster than the 8514/a mode.
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