Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!holly!tim From: tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Sigma Designs Super VGA card - any good? Message-ID: Date: 28 May 91 12:17:09 GMT References: <1991May26.024123.27877@redsox.bsw.com> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 17 In <1991May26.024123.27877@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes: [question about Dell GPX vs. Sigma Designs card] >Are these cards any good? What does the GPX card do for $1,000 more that the >Sigma Designs card won't? (The sales critter was stumped on that one.) The GPX has a TI34010 graphics coprocessor on board with 1Meg VRAM. Think of it as a PC equivalent of the Sun GX. Basically it is intelligent, whereas VGA cards are not so it can offload some of the work of the X server and is faster in certain circumstances (depends on your drivers !). Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Berkshire, UK, RG12 1RW. Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast - Red Dwarf