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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Subject: Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1991 14:23:07 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.142307.23077@NCoast.ORG>
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In article <1991Jun3.225024.13052@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) writes:
>Next you'll start raving about how poor these SVGA etc. cards are
>compared to the Amiga's superior graphics chip set. Well, the NEC
>multisync graphics engine has the same chip as the non-existant C=
>2410 Ulowell board, and has been out for a lot longer. XGA with all
>its nice hardware scrolling/rescaling etc. is another prime example
>of how the Amiga has been left behind by the so-called non-graphics
>computers.
>
>Well, if there are plenty of cards available for this slot I'd like
>to hear about them, and at the same price? No Chance.


	Have you priced any of the PC-clone boards with their own CPUs
such as a TARGA or NEC graphics engine? I can easily see that an Amiga
board would cost a similar amount. Now, if you mean that a card with
the capabilities of a VGA display would cost less on a PC, OF COURSE!
First, there are over 10 times as many (at least) PC's as Amigas, so the
companies can AFFORD to sell them for less. Next, there are very few
ORIGINAL designed for VGA cards. They almost all use one of 3 or 4 sets of
chips, thus reducing the price of the chips themselves. I have seen cheap
VGA cards for as low as $45 or so. So I don't think that any Amiga board
is likely to cost as little for the same features, because these chipsets
are primitive when compared to the Amiga's archetecture, and are designed
specifically for PC-type machine with Intel processors to boot.
	But I DO think that a more powerfull card could cost the same
or even less on an Amiga, since the Amiga's archetecture (and bus) is
far superior to PC clones, so features that would be hard/costly to add
are more feasable for the Amiga.


				Dave