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From: ccastms@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Todd Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: ATI Video Driver?
Summary: I agree completely!
Message-ID: <13485@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 9 Sep 90 19:38:28 GMT
References: <10635.26e8430f@ecs.umass.edu> <15920@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <15920@thorin.cs.unc.edu>, fritsch@threonine.cs.unc.edu (Dan Fritsch) writes:

> ...  . 
> I bought my VGA Wonder card under the impression that ATI was a reliable and
> performance-minded company. Apparently I was wrong. As far as I know, ATI is
> the only major video card vendor that has yet to release a 256 color driver
> for win3. Not only that, but they leave their customers in the dark as to when
> these drivers will be released. I can't reach ATI by phone and their bulletin
> board contains cryptic notes (i.e. "indefinately postponed") that don't help
> at all. 
> 
> I'm so frustrated with ATI that I would not recommend buying one of their 
> boards to anyone. Performance is useless without technical support.
> 
> - Dan Fritsch			(fritsch@cs.unc.edu)
>                   

Yes, I too have called ATI and gotten the "indefinately postponed " message.
I can't understand why ATI has failed to produce at least a 640x480 256
color driver.  Did they not know Windows 3.0 was coming out?  Do they not
know enough about their own hardware to write a 256 color driver for it?

Maybe I could use the 1024x768x16 driver if they made one that worked with my 
version of the card (V3 - which at least 60% of ATI owners have).

I am disgusted with ATI for not keeping up with their competition. I saw
some performance Windows 2.11 but thats a dinosaur now.

My verdict is "Don't buy ATI"!!!!

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Mike Smith		Internet: ccastms@prism.gatech.edu      
                                                                           
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