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From: burgoyne@eng.umd.edu (John R. Burgoyne)
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Subject: Re: ATI 256 drivers here! Elvis sighted in Amherst, MA deli!
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Date: 30 Oct 90 16:07:57 GMT
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The bottom line is that the 256 color drivers are a trade off.

The VGA Wonder board is cheap, but offers very good display quality
if not mega speed for the buck. If you want speed, you must buy a TI
340xx based video board.

For the amount of money each of us spent on the ATI board, it is a real
value to be able to have the option of reasonably fast 800x600x16
OR a much slower, but beautiful 800x600x256. (Wait until you load
your first 256 color .pcx file in Paintbrush - Just don't drool.)

Anyone who complains about screen writing speed, write yourself a batch
file which copies one of two archive versions of system.ini, for example:

system.16 & system.256 

to the real system.ini.

Voila, the best of both worlds.

Thanks ATI, I have really gotten my money's worth. If ATI comes out
with a reasonably priced 340xx board, I'll buy it.

No affiliation with ATI, just a satisfied customer.

Robert

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