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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5604 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:50:22 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!think.com!ames!haven.umd.edu!cbl.umd.edu!starburst.umd.edu!mike From: mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: S3 question - Amancio, are you there? Date: 28 Dec 1992 03:13:46 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Lines: 20 Message-ID: <1hlrdaINNg9c@cbl.umd.edu> References: <VIXIE.92Dec26034105@cognition.pa.dec.com> <1992Dec27.081525.29228@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: starburst.umd.edu hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: ....stuff deleted... >The January issue of Byte magazine voted the Actix's GraphicEngine32 (801) >as one of the best overall graphic accelarated cards for window applications. >At least on Byte's tests the 801 was faster than the ATI Ultra Pro (mach 32). >And, I really doubt that the tests were executed at low clock frequencies. >However, the article did not state the dot clock frequency which the tests >were executed at. The other faster cards were based on the 34020 and cost >more than $1400. The BYTE article says on p. 206 that they used 1024x768 resolution, 72Hz at 256 colors with all the cards in that test that could support it. -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Michael F. Santangelo + Internet: mike@cbl.umd.edu [work] Computer & Network Systems Head + mike@kavishar.umd.edu [home] Univ MD: CEES / CBL (Solomons Island) + BITNET: MIKE@UMUC [fwd to mike@cbl]