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- From: ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: CV64 Confusion
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 17:40:23 GMT
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- meani@telnetwork.it (Francesco Meani) wrote:
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- >In article: <9601071603.AA0014b@burst.demon.co.uk> Lee Huggett
- > <Lee@burst.demon.co.uk> writes:
-
- >>: WhiteKnight in UK recently sent me specs (1 page) on CV64.
- >>: It says that it can do upto 1280x1024 in 8bit and 800x600 in 24 bit NI
- >>: 1600x1200 in 8bit and 1024x768 in 24 bit Interlace.
- >>:
- >>: Is this true?
- >>:
- >>: Can I do the following?
- >>:
- >>: 800x600 in 24bit. NI. With 2 or 4Mb RAM?
- >>: 1024x768 in 8 bit. NI. With 2 or 4Mb RAM?
- >>: 1024x758 in 24 bit. NI. With 2 or 4MB RAM?
-
- >>800x600 in 24 bit 2meg is possible I run Photogenics in this res...
-
- >>1024x768x256, again yup that is what I run WB in.. again in 2 meg
-
- >>1024x768x24.... Hmm not sure...you might need 4 meg for this one...
-
- > 800* 600* 8/8 = 480.000 bytes
- >1024* 768* 8/8 = 786.432 bytes
- >1280*1024* 8/8 = 1.310.720 bytes
- >1600*1200* 8/8 = 1.920.000 bytes
- > 800* 600*24/8 = 1.440.000 bytes
- >1024* 768*24/8 = 2.359.296 bytes
- >1280*1024*24/8 = 3.932.160 bytes
-
- >These are the amount of VRAM required on CV for the above screensize and depth.
- I wasnt asking for the theory! I can work that out! I was asking about
- reality! Can the CV64 do 1024x768 in 24bit? Can it do 1280x1024 in
- 24bit? Has someone tested this? Is it in the specs? Can the S3 chip
- even do this?
-
-
- >BTW: 4mb cards also allows you to drag completly 16-24bit screens.
-
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- >My other computer is another Amiga.
-
- PS: What version of Fastlane SW do you have? Ho you have anything
- newer than 1.54? If so can you e-mail me the SW?
-
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