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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Need help selecting FAST VIDEO CARD!
- Keywords: VIDEO, SPEED, FREAK!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.203043.22807@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 20:30:43 GMT
- References: <1992Sep13.001702.24333@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Sep13.150327.23569@panix.com>
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- In article <1992Sep13.150327.23569@panix.com> nina@panix.com (Nina Yuan) writes:
- >In <1992Sep13.001702.24333@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
- >
- >>Unless Diamond (makers of the Stealth) can guarantee OS/2 2.0 drivers
- >>(and it pays to ask them -- and have them put it in writing), I would
- >>stay away from their product for the time being.
- >
- >But on the non-accelerated side, the Speedstar (ET4000) works fine, right?
-
- The ET4000 based boards currently have many problems. While drivers
- exist, they don't work in all implementations. I'd steer clear for a
- little while longer.
-
- >I'm finally buying an OS/2-capable system (486/33) and selecting an
- >appropriate video card has been a real headache. I'm leaning towards getting
- >a simple ET4000 like the Speedstar (for the rumored support in the next
- >release) for the time being, and waiting for the ATI Ultra Pro (25 mil
- >WinMarks!) and its drivers to come out. Anyone have better suggestions for
- >me? (I'm just looking forward to junking my old AT and finally being able
- >to run OS/2!)
-
- If you plan on buying an ATI Ultra-series board anyway, I'd get a
- Trident board for now. It's very inexpensive, and there are plenty of
- OS/2 2.0 drivers out for it, including a seamless 800x600x16 WIN-OS2
- driver.
- --
- |) David Charlap "LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket,
- /|_ dic5340@hertz.njit.edu his tongue in your ear, and his faith in your
- ((|,) patience."
- ~|~ --- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
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