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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Good SVGA card?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.031106.14498@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Dec18.172733.145545@ipgaix.unipg.it> <1993Jan1.190130.15364@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan02.080446.8648@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 03:11:06 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan02.080446.8648@eng.umd.edu> lindor@eng.umd.edu (Lindor Eric Henrickson) writes:
- >While we're on the subject of SVGA drivers...
- >I'm currently using a low-end Trident 8900C-based video card, and I'd
- >like to upgrade to something a little zippier. Based on reading this
- >newsgroup, it seems that many SVGA cards have problems under OS/2 2.0.
- >(or maybe I should just say "many don't have drivers/support for OS/2")
- >Does anyone have a suggestion of a not too expensive,i.e. less than
- >US$350, SVGA card which has good support and works well under OS/2 2.0
- >(or 2.1 of course)?
-
- I would stay put for now until things settle a bit.
-
- If you absolutely must get something pronto, I'd go with an ATI
- Graphics Ultra. It is 8514/A hardware compatible. However, I'm not
- thrilled with their support at the moment.
-
- I plan on adding some more video information in the FAQ List -- a list
- of vendors with OS/2 2.x support. The list is getting fairly long,
- but there are some caveats.
-
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