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From: ries@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Marc Ries)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: VGA card, WinGif, etc.
Message-ID: <1065@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 91 21:04:27 GMT
References: <1991Apr21.012648.17139@cs.mcgill.ca> <91111.121310LAIH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Reply-To: ries@venice.sedd.trw.com (Marc Ries)
Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <91111.121310LAIH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> LAIH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Hubert Lai) writes:
>
>Actually, ATI does manufacutre a 1 MB version of the VGA Wonder+.  It is
>currently available.  Give them a call.  It comes with 512 KB and you can
>add more memory to bring it up to 1 MB.  IT still comes with the mouse, etc.

 I second what one previous poster said: the new ATI Wonder+ is a DOG!
 Bark, Bark.  I have an old Wonder, a old "new" Wonder+ (Max 512K) and
 just received the "upgrade" Wonder+ (1Mb max) board.  On a 486-33, using
 the same hardware settings and drivers, the new ATI is an order of
 magnitude slower on start-up.  For example, on LucusFilms game,
 "Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe" (sp?), the intro screen goes thru
 three distinct "fills" over seemingly 4-5 seconds where the old boards
 will just flash it up in about a second or less.

 I only had the new board since yesterday and I have already made
 arrangements with ATI to send it back 8-(

 Marc Ries