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- From: mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: S3 question - Amancio, are you there?
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 05:15:00 GMT
- Organization: University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
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- References: <VIXIE.92Dec26034105@cognition.pa.dec.com> <1992Dec27.081525.29228@netcom.com> <1hlrdaINNg9c@cbl.umd.edu>
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- mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo) writes:
-
- >hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
-
- >...stuff deleted...
-
- >>The January issue of Byte magazine voted the Actix's GraphicEngine32 (801)
- >>as one of the best overall graphic accelarated cards for window applications.
- >>At least on Byte's tests the 801 was faster than the ATI Ultra Pro (mach 32).
- >>And, I really doubt that the tests were executed at low clock frequencies.
- >>However, the article did not state the dot clock frequency which the tests
- >>were executed at. The other faster cards were based on the 34020 and cost
- >>more than $1400.
-
- >The BYTE article says on p. 206 that they used 1024x768 resolution, 72Hz at
- >256 colors with all the cards in that test that could support it.
-
- Again [wups] they did not explicitly say 72Hz, my mistake, it was on
- the table on p.204-205 as the max refresh rate for this card. They
- definitly did use 1024x768 resolution though. The author might have,
- we just aren't sure. Unfortunately the only email address listed
- for the author is on BIX ("rick_g").
-
- Apologies.
-
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- >Michael F. Santangelo + Internet: mike@cbl.umd.edu [work]
- >Computer & Network Systems Head + mike@kavishar.umd.edu [home]
- >Univ MD: CEES / CBL (Solomons Island) + BITNET: MIKE@UMUC [fwd to mike@cbl]
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- Michael F. Santangelo + Internet: mike@cbl.umd.edu [work]
- Computer & Network Systems Head + mike@kavishar.umd.edu [home]
- Univ MD: CEES / CBL (Solomons Island) + BITNET: MIKE@UMUC [fwd to mike@cbl]
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