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- From: djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro
- Message-ID: <5840@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 19:29:09 GMT
- References: <1992Sep15.082727.8452@fwi.uva.nl> <1992Sep15.132321.28109@bnr.ca>
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- In article <1992Sep15.132321.28109@bnr.ca> tracyb@bnr.ca
- (Tracy Blomquist) writes:
-
- >The ATI Pro is still 8514 reg compatible (although obviously you won't
- >get the high-colour/true-colour capabilities with 8514 drivers). This
- >is according to an ATI tech rep I talked to.
-
- This may be obvious too, but not to the hardware illiterate among us.
- :-)
-
- Is there an advantage (speed?) to the ATI Pro in 8514 mode as compared
- to the old Ultra? That is, does the reported speedier performance of the
- Pro just apply to the new, high-color video modes, or will a Pro in 8514
- mode under os/2 run considerably faster than an old Ultra in the same
- configuration? I am guessing that at least some increase would be
- available with the EISA version of the Pro, just from the increased bus
- width.
-
- Thanks,
-
- David
-
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