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- From: jc70@westend.VI.CMU.EDU (Joo C. Chung)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: 32bit graphics engine, etc...
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- Date: 26 Aug 92 14:28:08 GMT
- References: <1992Aug24.094700.21837@actrix.gen.nz>
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- In article <1992Aug24.094700.21837@actrix.gen.nz>
- Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- > In article <dave.714627745@stat.tamu.edu> dave@stat.tamu.edu (Dave Perry)
- writes:
- > > Does anyone know about the new drivers? What kind of release date
- > > are we looking at? It would be nice to know when I will be able to
- > > take advantage of my video card... :) Hurry!
- > >
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > > "...and everything under the sun." | Your message | dave@stat.tamu.edu
- > > -pf | here! |
- dperry@lonestar.utsa.edu
- > >
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- >
- > The XGA and VGA 32-bit GRE's will be released in the next 4-8 weeks. The SVGA
- > version will follow soon after, with the 8514/a bringing up the rear. This
- > last will be around the end of the year - or just after the beginning of '93.
- >
- [some unnecessary stuff]
- > One did point out that the existing 16-bit GRE is written in assembler, while
- > the new ones are written in C.....so the speed improvement isn't as great as
- > you might expect it to be if the 32-bit version was written in assembler.
- >
- > They said it was clearly faster and would be an improvment.
- >
- > Steve
- [long sig]
-
-
- I heard from a friend that worked at Boca this summer that the 32bit GRE was
- sluggish and slower than the 16bit GRE.
-
-
-
- Joo.
-