Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!olivea!orc!bu.edu!polygen!jerry From: jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Sheckel) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: ATI 256-color drivers Message-ID: <879@stewart.UUCP> Date: 9 Nov 90 15:07:26 GMT References: <3357@ryn.esg.dec.com> <122055@tiger.oxy.edu> Reply-To: jerry@stewart.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel) Organization: Polygen Corporation, Waltham, MA Lines: 25 In article <122055@tiger.oxy.edu> traiger@oxy.edu (Saul Traiger) writes: >In article <3357@ryn.esg.dec.com> > >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. > Maybe, but I've compared the performance of the latest (Nov. 5) ATI 256-color drivers against the ones shipped with the Tseng-based PowerGraph card, and the ATI is noticeably slower -- the menu highlight can't even keep up with the mouse at all! Also, the ATI driver is buggy -- I've seen it leave horizontal lines on the screen after moving or resizing large windows. I've switched back to the 16 color 800x600 driver -- it is REALLY fast and bug-free! I sure hope ATI can come up with a decent 256-color driver soon. -- +-------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------+ | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | POLYGEN CORPORATION | When I was young, I had to walk | | Drummers do it... | Waltham, MA USA | to school and back every day -- | | ... In rhythm! | (617) 890-2175 | 20 miles, uphill both ways. | +-------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------+ | ...! [ princeton mit-eddie bu sunne ] !polygen!jerry | | jerry@polygen.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+