| From: | Brian Haug |
| Date: | 22 Jan 2000 at 12:16:38 |
| Subject: | Re: gfx cards |
From: Brian Haug <hoggy@execpc.com>
On Friday, 21-Jan-00 at 19:32:21, Xavier Messersmith <xcaliber@xav.to>
wrote:
> On 21-Jan-00, Kennedy, Bob wrote:
>> There are still new Spectrum cards out there. Whether the are still
>> actively supported, I don't know.
>
> They seem to be, at least on the software side.
This 'Spectrum' card may be the one to get. Hopefully it's still
being manufactured.. (this seems to be a huge problem with just
about everything these days ): )
Someone privately mailed me about:
CyberVision64, CyberVision64/3D, PicassoIV
On the Software Hut homepage I've seen the Cybervision 64/3D
listed for $265.. (I remember reading somewhere that it has
32M on it?)
Now, the Cybervision 64/3d seems like it may be the better choice,
but haven't seen any info about it on the Phase5 homepage(is/was it
made by P5?). Will this card work with all the 'CGX/Picasso'
'driver software' or does it have it's own 'driver'?
>> Being a very video oriented (NTSC) person I wouldn't want a graphics
>> card in the video slot.
>
> I think a video slot card might be slower anyways...
This is another concern since I want to try and get 'the latest
and greatest' gfx card. I remember reading about an A4000d video
slot but which is it, the bottom-most slot? (just when I need it
the most, I can't seem to find my A4000 manual. ;-)
>> One major reason for the Spectrum is Z2 - Z3 auto-detection. I hope to
>> upgrade to an A3000 or A4000. The card gets best use of both busses. It
>> also has a pass thru for one monitor operation in 15khz mode with the
>> proper monitor.
>
> Or you could temporarily stick a flicker fixer in your video slot and
> pass that through, which may save you on the monitor...
Do gfx cards ALWAYS have a 'pass-thru' for the boot-screen??
I ask because I just got a new 17" multisync monitor, and to my
surprise, it automatically supports the Amiga boot-screen 'mode'!! ;)
So I want to make sure that the gfx card I get _*CAN*_ simply treat
the boot menu normally.
(I also always have had the motherboard jumpered for PAL, BTW)
SOON I may be able to browse in FULL color for a change!! =))
(Right now, my browsers are set to 8 colors, with others set
to a measly 4 colors. Any more than that causes SEVERE slow-downs.)
thanks again,
Brian Haug
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