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- From: janolov@cdg.chalmers.se (Jan-Olov Lantto)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Video cards - Ci
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.072659.11623@etek.chalmers.se>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 07:26:59 GMT
- References: <79736@yarra.pyramid.com.au>
- Sender: news@etek.chalmers.se (USENET News System)
- Organization: Chalmers University of Technology
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- In article <79736@yarra.pyramid.com.au> glb@yarra.pyramid.com.au (George
- Budahazy) writes:
- >Hello to all,
- >
- >I am interested in the opinions on the following video cards for a Mac CI.
- >I have not been able to find any video reports, so my understanding of these
- >cards below are based on ads in the US Mac mags .
- >
- >SuperMac 8 series 3 accelerated 8 bit can be upgrade to 24 bit
- >
- >RasterOps 8XLi accelerated 8 bit can be upgrade to 24 bit
- >
- >Radius 8x accelerated 8 bit can be upgrade to 24 bit
- >
- >RasterOps 8XL accelerated 8 bit non-upgradeable
- >Is there an equivalent to this made by Radius and/or SuperMac.
- >
- >My reasons for the interest is that there are vast price differences in the
- >8 bit upgradeble cards between the various manufacturers eg. like double.
- >
- >I really don't need 24 bit, so a accelerated 8 bit card(upgradeble or not)
- would
- >suffice, but again which one.
- >
- >Any information would be appreciated.
- >
- >Regards George
- >
- I have a Radius PrecisionColor 8x used with a Radius PrecisionColor Display/19.
- I think it was a mistake to buy an accelerated 8-bit card, since I cant notice
- any difference between accelerated and nonaccelerated mode.
-
- If you never will need 24-bit color, I think you should buy a nonaccelerated
- card such as PrecisionColor 8.
-