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- From: tracyb@bnr.ca (Tracy Blomquist)
- Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro & Graphics Ultra +
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.012545.18976@bnr.ca>
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 01:25:45 GMT
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- In the latest Windows (September) magazine there is a full page ad
- for the ATI Ultra Pro and +. As I recall, the Pro is available in
- ISA, EISA, and VL-Bus. The + is ISA only.
-
- The Pro has a 25 million WinMark (Compared to Ultra's 11 million
- and S3's average 9 million) and the + has a 21 million Winmark.
-
- Both cards have lots of colours, although I don't recall the details.
- I think the + has fewer colours than the Pro, but still very impressive.
-
- I phoned ATI and spoke to a tech rep who stated that these cards are
- still 8514/a register compatible (must be a superset) as the original
- Ultra/Vantage are. He did not know the release date. The + is list
- priced at $399 in the ad and the Pro is $599. $399 seems cheap for
- a card 2x as fast as the current fastest with 1280x1024x256 (NI) and
- 1024x768xN (N is many! Can't recall how many. > 256 though).
-
- Gotta get one! :-)
-
- On another note, any other 17" monitors that will do 1280x1024 @ >=70Hz?
- I have found the NEC 5fg and the Nanao T560i so far, the former is in
- the running for my purchase, the latter is too many $$$.
-
- I called Viewsonic and they will be updating the V 7 to support
- 1280x1024 @ >=70Hz (currently 60Hz at that res.) in the new year.
- It will probably be released in Feb. 93. I can't wait that long!
-
- Any other good monitors out there that will be a good match for these
- ATI cards?
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