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- From: tomk@fc.hp.com (Tom Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Cybervision upgrades?
- Date: 26 Feb 1996 02:47:44 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
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- Benjamin Kenobi (fkrj@crux4.cit.cornell.edu) wrote:
- : : I don't know, but in my opinion it's not worth upgrading. You only
- : : get some more flickering or even interlaced modes and can open
- : : bigger Autoscroll screens.
-
- : Geez! Is this really true? How could adding extra memory actually make
- : the card perform worse? If this is the case, I'd like to know! Otherwise
- : I'll keep my eyes open for any DRAM bargains I might find.
-
- I think he means that the only *new* modes you get will have lower
- refresh rates then the modes that fit in 2 MB -- which leads to more
- flickering or interlaced screens.
-
- It doesn't make old screens worse, it's just that the new modes aren't
- that great...
-
- Tom Kennedy
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