Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!inesc!unl!unl!pjv From: pjv@fct.unl.pt (Pedro Jorge Veiga) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Mentor & Trident VGA cards - which one is the best ? Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 91 12:18:41 GMT Article-I.D.: fogo.PJV.91Apr4121841 References: <1991Apr3.071713.6290@fel.tno.nl> <3725@d75.UUCP> Sender: news@fct.unl.pt (USENET News System) Organization: Universidade Nova de Lisboa -- Lisbon, Portugal Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: woan@nowhere's message of 3 Apr 91 15:17:25 GMT In article <3725@d75.UUCP> woan@nowhere (Ronald S Woan) writes: > In article <1991Apr3.071713.6290@fel.tno.nl> jsgn3@fel.tno.nl (Jos Groot) writes: > >- Mentor card based on Tseng's ET4000 Turbo MegaVGA Chip and BIOS > > > >- Trident card > > > >Both have 1 Mb RAM and support a 1024*768 pixels non-interlaced display. > >Can anyone recommend one of these cards on ground of capabilities, speed, > >compatibility, etc. ? > > Software support is about even but the Trident cards are dogs when it > comes to Windows 3.0 use at the higher resolutions. Go with the ET4000 > based card... I strongly disagree as I have one and currently work with Windows 3 under 1024x768x256. So far it hasn't bit me nor has it said anything to provoke my anger, mainly because they don't have mouths but specially because they can't talk! Anyway, back to the issue, call 1024x768x256 low resolution or what? :-) I must add that with the card I found an amazing array of drivers for all sorts of software (yes, Win3.0 included) on earth and some stuff only seen in the products of Douglas Adam's vivid immagination... 42 to ye all -- -?- /- -\ / = \ | V | / ___ \ / \ ||||_____|||| Pedro Veiga - pjv@fct.unl.pt