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- From: jasonb@cs.uwa.edu.au (Jason S Birch)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Cybervision 64 (1280X1024X24bit)
- Date: 14 Mar 96 16:29:55 GMT
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- >I am wondering why is 1280X1024 in 24 bit not possible with CV64 and 4Mb ram.
- >Acording to my calculations it needs 3.8 Mb of memory.
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- The graphics chip always uses 32 bits in 24 bit mode (it allocates 8
- bits for an alpha channel) so 1280x1024 in 24 bit would require over
- 5M.
-
- >Anybody knows if the new CV will be much faster than the old one? How much
- >difference is DRAM versus VRAM? 1:10?
-
- The biggest difference is that VRAM has dual ports, so the bandwidth
- required for refreshing the display doesn't need to share the bus with
- the blitter and CPU. This becomes significant in the high colour, high
- res modes, because with DRAM most of the bus's bandwidth is being used
- just to refresh the screen with little left over to actually manipulate
- the data on the card (like AGA in 8 bit). Of course, the CV64 in
- 800x600x24bit at 72Hz is still about as fast as AGA in 640x480x4bit at
- 60Hz.
-
- >I am also intersted why CV64 only can cope with 1600X1200 in 256 colours at
- >50Hz. WHat is it's bandwidth? If it is 110Mhz (which should be), it could do
- >60Hz. Why only 50???
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- Time is needed for blanking and sync pulses - add at least 10% for that,
- I guess. I just had a quick check, and with a 135MHz pixel clock (the
- maximum) you could probably just about squeeze 55Hz noninterlaced out
- of a good monitor (I can't actually check it, mine is only rated to
- 75MHz; 135MHz is just a little too over-spec for me ;).
-
- >Jernej
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