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- From: sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Supported SVGA cards
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 21:53:20 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
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- In article <Bx9q39.75L@news.orst.edu> gersta@gyro.ECE.ORST.EDU (Andreas Gerstlauer) writes:
- >From: gersta@gyro.ECE.ORST.EDU (Andreas Gerstlauer)
- >Subject: Supported SVGA cards
- >Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:16:16 GMT
- >I want to buy a 486 clone in the next time but at the moment I'm not
- >quite sure which graphic card I should take. As I want to use OS/2
- >with a better resolution than the standard VGA I was wondering if anybody
- >could tell me what SVGA cards/chipsets and resolutions are supported by OS/2,
- >especially with the SP or by the manufacturers and what will be supported in the
- >near future (Is there a list with drivers/resolutions?). What about any of
- >the accelerated chip sets (S3 ... or even the new mach32 from ATI)?
- >I was thinking about a card based on the et4000 (1024x768x16?), a card with a S3
- >chip or even the new ATI Graphics Ultra Pro (with the mach32 chip).
- >Something else: I thought that I've read something about a standard for SVGA
- > modes (VESA ?) so you don't need a driver for every different
- > card. Is this true or did I get something wrong?
- >
-
- Right now your best bets are et4000 based cards (as IBM will likely support
- et4000 forever now since they sell them in PS/2s). No manufacturer has yet
- provided drivers for any of the accelerated cards, and if you peruse headers
- on here you may notice that there hasn't been much luck going on with ATI
- cards.
- [This is the viewpoint of a happy ET4000 user. If others have experiences
- with other cards, feel free (as if I could stop you) to follow up.]
-
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