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- From: tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen)
- Subject: Re: Supported SVGA cards
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.201321.16196@ee.ubc.ca>
- Keywords: OS/2 Service Pack SVGA OAK CHIPSET
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <1992Nov9.024117.852@novell.com> <1992Nov13.154602.23034@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1992Nov13.190219.11962@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:13:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.190219.11962@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov13.154602.23034@zip.eecs.umich.edu> dburnett@emunix.emich.edu (Don Burnett) writes:
- >>
- >> Has someone got an actual listing of supported SVGA graphics cards.
- >
- >The only video boards with 32-bit drivers (that I know of) are:
- > CGA, EGA, VGA, 8514/a, XGA, and TSENG-4000.
- >
- >The only boards with seamless Windows drivers are:
- > VGA, XGA, and TSENG-4000.
- >
- >All of these are included in the Service Pack. Board manufacturers
- >will have their own drivers out soon, but I don't know when. ATI
- >claims sometime around June/July.
- >
-
- From what I've heard the 32-bit drivers for 8514/a ARE NOT in the Service Pack
- and are due to be released by the end of the year.
-
- That's why everybody running in 8514/a mode (all you ATI Graphics Vantage and
- Ultra users) seems to say that graphics speed is sluggish. I was told this
- is happening because 'thunking' occurs between the 16-bit driver and 32-bit
- Graphics Engine.
-
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- Ted Chen <tedc@ee.ubc.ca>
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