At 13:45 -0400 on 16/08/02, David Pierce wrote: >>>For "* 1600x1200 up to 24-bit (1600 only)" to be true, the 1600 at least >>>would have had to have more than 4 MBs of SGRAM. >> >>Yet it doesn't. Strange, huh? > >Not so strange, at least ssuming you're right. Although 5.5 MBs of memory >is required to store a 1600x1200 bitmap, the card just has to draw a >portion of the image to the screen each time it refreshes memory. Cut in >half, it could theoreticlly get by with 3 MBs of VRAM.
Which is exactly what it has :) >The real question is, why the heck would a bunch of engineers designing a >$3000 video card to eek every last shred of Photoshop performance out of a >Quadra 950 or Powermac 8100 have done that? It's phenomenally stupid. Probably because putting 6MB of RAM on it would have cost another $1000 or 2... >Everymac.com is alone in stating that the Radius System 100 (A NuBus Power >Mac Clone) had 8 MBs of VRAM. >http://www.everymac.com/systems/radius/system/system100.html > >You'll probably say they're wrong, of course, but that's my point - nobody It had a Thunder IV GX 1600 in it, and I know that only had 3MB, so Everymac must be confused :) -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> Software Archive <ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/> <http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/> _________________________________________________________________ -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
