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From: hartung@crl.ucsd.edu (Jeff Hartung)
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Subject: Re: Expanding My SVGA Card to 512K
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Date: 15 Jun 91 19:29:14 GMT
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In article <1991Jun14.133932.14478@digi.lonestar.org> emartine@digi.lonestar.org (Edgar Martinez Martinez) writes:
> To display 256 colors at 1024x768 you need 1 Meg of memory in your video
>card, not to mention a monitor that can handle that resolution. With 512K
>you will only get 16 colors at 1024x768, (only 4 colors with 256k). Now, you
>would think that 512K would get you 256 colors at 800x600 resolution, but
>not many cards can do that. The only one I know of that'll do it is the
>ATI VGAWonder+ (Check the new PC Sources magazine for info on SVGA cards).

Some of the El Cheapo $79 SuperVGA cards with the OAK Chipset also support
800x600 at 256 colors, but I don't know if you'd really want the cards.  A
machine we bought at work recently had one in it and I insisted that it be
replaced with a Paradise Chipset card, since the modes seemed buggy, and lots
of software sisn't support the OAK Chipset anyhow.,

Just my opinion.

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