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From: yon%smltalk.cbm.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com (David A. Yon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ATI 8514/Ultra
Message-ID: <1991May20.150258.21057@hollie.rdg.dec.com>
Date: 20 May 91 15:02:58 GMT
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> In article <717@esosun.UUCP> tanida@esosun.css.gov (Tom Tanida) writes:
> >Has anybody had any experience with the new ATI 8514/Ultra card?  The
> >magazine ad I read about it claimed it was up to 5 times faster than
> >even a TI 34010 equipped card.  Plus VGA, XGA register level
> >compatibility- all for only $595 list (which translates to < $350
> >actual retail value :-) ).  I'm also interested in opinions with this
> >card with Windows 3.0, or graphics intensive games (e.g. Wing Commander).
>
> If anyone has actually tried one for a period of time, please post (or
e-mail)
> I suspect quite a few people are interested.  Thanks.
> 

Well, I have a 33Mhz 386 running Window 3.0, and I expect the card to arrive
tomorrow or Wednesday (5/20 or 5/21).  I've already run the PC Magazine 
Windows Benchmark on my system with the ATI VGA Wonder (v3.0 BIOS), and I 
plan to do that first thing when I get the 8514/Ultra.  I'll post my initial
impressions later in the week.

At the very least I am hoping for a Windows setup that has a nice crisp 
feel when running 1024x768x256 (right now the 800x600x256 driver is molasses,
even on my new 386!).

David Yon
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