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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!zeos!kgermann
- From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
- Subject: Re: ATI Ultra or Diamond SpeedStar 24X?
- Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:47:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.144700.19685@zeos.com>
- References: <1992Nov13.004249.10916@cc.umontreal.ca>
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- In article <1992Nov13.004249.10916@cc.umontreal.ca> lebeld@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Lebel David) writes:
- > I'm about to buy an ISA 486/33 from a local clown vendor. However,
- >I do plan to get a videocard from them also, or maybe I could go to
- >mail-order to buy it. I've around 250$-300$ (maximum) to put on a
- >accelerated card (in Canadian bills, so around 225$ to 275$ US). Someone
- >pointed me to the Diamond SpeedStar 24x as the fastest of its class and
- >PC Connection sells it for 179$ (pretty good price). However, I heard
- >that you cannot drive OS/2 in bigger resolutions (like 1024x768x256)
- >with it. Am I true? I do plan to use OS/2 alot, along Windows and DOS. So I
- >want something good in every field. Is the ATI Ultra smarter choice despite
- >the fact its slower?
- >
- The OS/2 support for resolutions beyond the 640x480 has been delayed because
- of the delay in releasing the 32 bit graphics engine. Diamond is an IBM
- business partner. I am sure that the OS/2 drivers will be coming out
- shortly. Contact Diamond for more info : 408-736-2000.
-
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