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At 10:53 AM 12/15/95, Ted Frederick wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Anyone had any luck using a 3rd party ISA card for 1024x768x16bpp or higher
>in a Dock II with an external monitor (of course).
>
>I'm looking at an ATI 4Meg SVGA board (ISA) that does 16-24bpp at 1280x1024.
>
>I'm just wondering how much slower I can expect the video will be using the
>16bit bus over the 32-bit? VLB video internal to the 755 CDV.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>-Ted
I can't comment on the Dock II specifically, but depending on the
card, you'll likely notice no difference between ISA and a local bus
version (assuming the card itself is accelerated). I remember reading an
article about this a few years ago. Basically for an unaccelerated card,
Local bus was critical, but acceleration on the card itself made far more
of a difference than whether it was local bus or not.
My guess is you're looking at an ATI card that uses the Mach 64
chip. If so, I highly doubt you'll be disappointed by its performance,
even if its ISA.
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