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- From: darren@uoguelph.ca (Darren Eveland)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Which card to choose??
- Date: 11 Mar 1996 22:02:53 GMT
- Organization: University of Guelph
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- Jaco Schoonen (jaco@stack.urc.tue.nl) wrote:
- : Maarten D. de Jong (dejong@cpt6.stm.tudelft.nl) wrote:
-
- : : The host machine would be an A4000/030 with KS 3.0 and 2 Mb chip, 8 Mb fast.
- : : The prices of these cards are pretty similar, so a logical option would be
- : : the CV64 because of its speed. However, I am a little concerned with software
- : : compatibility. You can promote a lot, but I have seen some utilities on the
- : : Aminet which say (for example) `Picasso only'. Is this really `Picasso only',
- : : or will it run on other boards as well?
-
- All around you are best off with the CyberVision 64. Note that very
- shortly the Picasso IV will be introduced, so the Picasso II will go by
- the way side.
-
-
- : There's a library with cybergraphx that allows you to run picasso-only
- : software. Haven't tried this though.
- : For other programs: If it runs on 1 gfx card, it runs on all gfx cards. Only
- : well-written programs do so of course.
-
- I would say EGS is quite fast in 16- and 24-bit modes, perhaps faster
- than CyberGraphX. EGS is very nice, its too bad it wasn't continued. Of
- course there are very nice apps for it like EGS-Photoalbum, EGS-TV,
- TV-Paint, and others...I really miss EGS now that i have a CV 64.
-
-
- BTW I think the Spectrum is going back into production
-