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- From: louis@well.sf.ca.us (Louis Jaffe)
- Subject: Re: Quadra graphics acceleration??
- Message-ID: <BtC9vv.Ez1@well.sf.ca.us>
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- References: <GERLACH.92Aug21041903@greyrock.greyrock.mso.colostate.edu>
- Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:04:43 GMT
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- In article <GERLACH.92Aug21041903@greyrock.greyrock.mso.colostate.edu>
- gerlach@greyrock.mso.colostate.edu (Scott Gerlach) writes:
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- >We're getting ready to purchase a Quadra 950 for use as a multimedia
- >station in our lab on campus, and we're wondering if anyone has any
- >suggestions concerning graphics accelerators for the Q 950. My boss
- >is planning on buying the Apple 16" monitor and we'd like to have
- >24-bit video with fast redraws for use with demonstrations and
- >displaying/creating QuickTime movies.
- >
- An article in September 92 MacWorld describes tests of 26 large-screen
- monitors and says: "...any monitor using the Quadra's built-in video
- ran faster than the same monitor using a video board." It goes on to
- say: "...the Quadra's built-in video actually runs faster with a 16
- inch monitor at 24-bit color depth. It turns out the Quadra can send
- the pixel information at 24 bits faster than it can translate the 24-bit
- data into 8-bit data and then send the 8-bit data."
-
- 16 inch monitors driven by Quadra internal video had the fastest
- performance of any monitor-board combination in the test. This suggests
- your boss is already getting a state-of-the-art combination and may not
- need an accessory video board for now.
-
- LJ
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