Hello Nathan
On 14-Dec-99, you wrote:
>> > Now that I've managed to get V3 running more or less fairly smoothly
>> > via silversurfer, it has become apparent that AGA is a bit on the slow
>> > side for rendering web pages.
>> >
>> > Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced graphic card that can be used
>> > with my existing system of Apollo '04/40 and Power Computing
>> > monitor/flicker-fixer combo?
>>>
>> If you have a tower, go for the Ateo Bus with Pixel 64, this is �235, and
>> has three other slots for IDE, SCSI, Ethernet, IO, Sound and all other
>> cards when Ateo release them. Currently IO Cards, Gfx. Card and Ethernet
>> is out and it's a very nice system, Voyager V3 is really cool in 16bit
>> 1024x768!
>
> Some comments about AteoBus system, from my experience:
> Yes, it's a pretty nice system when set up in your tower (you'll need
> to fit it DIY style if you have a tower other than Ateo's own,
> though), and it's certainly a cost-effective way to get a graphics
> card for your A1200 now that PPC/Bvision cards are very hard to come
> by.
> However, two things to remember. One, you'll need a monitor switcher
> as well as your scandoubler unless you have two monitors - you'll need
> to see the AGA output sometimes when setting things up, believe me.
> Secondly, I'd have to disagree that V3 would be "really cool" in
> 1024x768 in 16bit colour. The pixel64 is not really a fast enough
> card to sustain that resolution comfortably at that colour depth. It
> will display it, but it is a slow mode, especially for scrolling in
> browsers, and more importantly, the max refresh rate in that mode is
> about 61Hz, noticeably too flickery for comfortable everyday use.
> However, it is much nippier in 8bit colour (but poor for web
> browsing), or very nice in 800x600 in 16bit, which is what I use it in
> for most things. And, I believe, faster than a Z4 busboard and a
> zorro 2 graphics card of some sort.
>
Strange, my system runs the resolution very nicely, but then I did use
Multiscan for along time... It's fast as far as I'm concerned! :)
Regards
Nick
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