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- From: root@cibbs.UUCP (Mark Buckaway)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Now they say the ATI Graphics Ultra/Pro will not do 50 MHz ..?
- Message-ID: <47oNVB11w165w@cibbs.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 01:29:02 EST
- References: <lestrade.724007362@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Organization: DataSoft Consulting (Toronto, Ont. Canada)
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- lestrade@Ra.MsState.Edu (John Patrick Lestrade) writes:
-
- > Help! A quote I got on a 486/DX 50 included an ATI Graphics Ultra PRO
- > with 2 megs RAM. Now they say that the ATI will not run at 50 MHz and
- > they want to substitute an ET4000 card. Are they doing a bait and
- > switch? I heard good things about the ATI and was excited about getting
- > it. Has anyone heard of the ET4000? Help...all replies will be
- > greatly appreciated.
-
- It amazing me sometimes the garbage dealers tell their customers. I am a
- dealer myself and handle ATI products. I have talked with LOTS of customer's
- with full blown 486DX/50 systems and ATI cards function properly....though if
- you Motherboard says MADE IN TIAWAN(SP)...can you really expect it to be
- compatible?
-
- Just be wary of the problem with the ATI Pro card. If you have more then 12Meg
- in the system, you can't turn on their memory apeture as that can it. This
- causes a problem with the supplied Windows drivers because they need the
- memory aperture to run. I guess ATI assumed if people have the ISA bus, they
- are not going to get much RAM. Anyway, ATI has fixed the problem and have the
- new driver to correct for this. It can work with or without the memory
- aperture. Incidently, you can print with it as well. They had a problem with
- that one too.
-
- If you buy the card, and the software with it is 1.0, CALL THEM OR THEY BBS
- and get the driver that works! PRO50.ZIP at (416) 756-4591.
-
- Mark
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