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- From: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph")
- Subject: SVGA as standard (was Re: New Press Release!)
- Message-ID: <DovrpD.C3z@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
- References: <DouKut.KA5@info.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:15:13 GMT
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-
- > I may be in the minority when it comes to Amiga users, but I for one
- > try to purchase a computer that will be able to suit me past next
- > Tuesday. The 4000/030 I bought nearly 3 years ago has done a terrible
- > job of staying contemporary simply because it uses non-standard parts,
- > which makes it extremely expensive to upgrade. I don't trust AT
- > enough to bet my computer on their success, and their willingness to
- > offer frequent (ie every 6 months -- and yes I know that's impossible),
- > and at-least-as-cheap-as-off-the-shelf graphics upgrades. Do you?
-
- Perhaps I should reword my suggestion about on-board SVGA chips.
-
- I think that would be essential for a new 'low-end' Amiga (a low-end
- Amiga won't have PCI slots as standard anyway - although theoretically
- they could be added).
-
- But for high-end Amigas, perhaps it should be left on a PCI card that can
- be upgraded and replaced. Or if the chips are cheap enough, leave them on
- the motherboard and have a PCI card with new chips override them.
-
- With a standard SVGA chipset with known hardware features, game and demo
- writers will be able to utilise it without worry.
-
- If games developers have to support all third party SVGA cards, then some
- form of CyberDirectX or CyberSpecialFX.library is required so that games
- developers and demo writers can access the core features of these
- chipsets (and it may be that many cards, eg the Cirrus Logic based Z2
- cards like Picasso II) simply aren't powerful enough to be supported.
-
- Discuss :-)
-
- Jolyon
-