At 04:08 PM 6/26/98 -0400, Jim Meagher wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Gillett
>>
>> Few 3D cards will support a resolution beyond 800x600,
>
>
>That may be true of older technology, but the newer cards have much
>better resolution/throughput/performance. My 3D card uses Rendition's
>Verite 1000 chipset (there are three newer versions) and is capable of
>displaying at 1280x1024. With only 4 meg of VRAM, I have to reduce
>the color count to get that high resolution -- but 16 bit color is
>just fine for me. (I doubt that many people can see a difference
>between 16bit color and the higher counts.)
>
I also hate to disagree with David, but my 3D video card supports up
to 1600x1200 resolution. I am using the STB Velocity 128 PCI card:
http://www.stb.com/products/pci/v128/
I have it set at 1024x768 - High Color(16bit) and it does not
give me a drop of problems. Also check out STB's page on the
Winbench perfomance analysis of this card. It blows away
Monster 3D...
Bob