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- From: aron@luxor.ced.berkeley.edu (aron bonar)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: SpeedStar 24X - driver problems
- Message-ID: <1gal28INNgc5@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 11 Dec 92 18:01:44 GMT
- References: <1g1j75INNrh@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> <1992Dec9.090655.13753@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- In article <1992Dec9.090655.13753@newstand.syr.edu>, cychiu@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Chien-yuan Chiu) writes:
- |> In article <1g1j75INNrh@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> jmeyers@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jeff Meyers) writes:
- |> >A few weeks ago, there was an ongoing discussion about video cards, their
- |> >speeds, prices, etc. It looked like the current deal was the Diamond
- |> >SpeedStar 24X - good performance/cost ratio...
- |> >
- |> >Well, I got one and found that there are problems with their drivers. Namley,
- |> >I use the 800x600x256 driver and found that MS Works for Windows coughs up
- |> >a GPF when you try and load a file. Also, Word for Windows does the same
- |> >thing when you try to set the preferences (tools|options). I contacted
- |> >Diamond Customer Support through America OnLine and basically got a
- |> >"we don't know when the new drivers will be out..." response.
- |> >
- |>
- |> I also have the same problem under 640x480x256 and 800x600x256 mode but it
- |> seems ok under another mode.
- |>
- |>
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- What about the 32,768 color drivers for 640x480 and 800x600?
- Have you had any problems with those? If not, why don't
- you use them?
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