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- From: rcbear@beauty (Rupert C. Young)
- Subject: Re: A fast graphics card for Windows
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:20:14 GMT
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- |In article <ushomirs.727919171@spot.Colorado.EDU> from [Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:46:11 GMT]
- | you wrote:I am planning on getting a new graphics card for my PC and am looking for some
- |advice. My requirements are:
- | 1) Card must be fast
- | 2) At least 32K colors in 1024x768
- | 3) Would prefer an EISA version if it is faster
- | 4) Preferably under $1000
- | 5) At least 256 color drivers for Win NT
- |Is there such a thing? I have an ALR 486/33 with 16MB of RAM.
- |
- |I have looked at ATI Graphics Ultra Pro and it satisfies all requirements.
- |Nevertheless, before I shell out the money I would like to consider alternative
- |
- |Thanks for any replies
- |Greg.
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- You probably want to consider the new Diamond Viper VLB board. It is claimed to be
- over twice as fast as the ATI Ultra Pro and should run you a bit over $420 for the
- 2 MEG configuration. You will probably need more memory to run 32k at 1024x768.
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