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- From: Stephen Gibson
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: re: trident 8900c 1meg
- Keywords: trident, windows, svga
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.174639.3091@nic.csu.net>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 01:46:36 GMT
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- In article <BxB1oH.JG1@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> nordstro@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (billy nordstrom) writes:
- >is the trident 8900c svga 1meg card good for
- >windows? and is $70 appropriate to pay for
- >this card? i just wanted to get 640x480x256
- >out of windows, and i was wondering if this
- >is a good deal/performance... oh, and yes,
- >i want it to be good enough of an upgrade from
- >my paradise 256k so that when i get a better
- >monitor, i won't have to upgrade again.
- >and also, is this trident compatible with
- >a non-multisync monitor? i just have an
- >analog packard bell monitor.
- >
- >thanx in advance!
- >
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- >nordstro@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
- >gwar@symphony.cc.purdue.edu (NeXT)
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- > "oki oki chin chin desu!" | nordstro@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
- > (*^_^*) | gwar@symphony.cc.purdue.edu (NeXT)
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- Save your money. Trident cards are NOTORIOUSLY slow. You will not be
- satisfied with the performance. Add on an additional $100 and get a Diamond
- SpeedSTAR 24X (no flames, please). Even with some bugs, the SpeedSTAR 24X
- is light years ahead of the Trident-based cards.
-
- Stephen Gibson
- Sonoma State University
- eMAIL: gibsonst@sonoma.edu
- Stephen.Gibson@sonoma.edu
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