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From: traiger@oxy.edu (Saul Traiger)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: ATI 256-color drivers
Message-ID: <122055@tiger.oxy.edu>
Date: 31 Oct 90 06:44:14 GMT
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In article <3357@ryn.esg.dec.com>
yon%consl4.esg.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com (David Yon) writes:

>	 Like most people who've eagerly tried out the new ATI 256-color
>drivers, I've also come to the conclusion that the performances costs
>are steep.  What I'm wondering is, is this limited to ATI?  Hey, all
>you people with VGA cards with different chipsets (who've had 256-color
>drivers for months now :-( ), is there a huge speed difference between
>16-color and 256-color drivers on *your* hardware?
>
>David Yon
>CASE Consultant

I have an Orchid Prodesigner Plus on one machine, and an OEM Paradise
card on another. On both machines 256 color performance is unacceptably
slow.

Saul Traiger
traiger@oxy.edu