[rescue] which is better, faster, stronger?

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On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Mike Nicewonger wrote:

> Creator 2D
> PGX
> Raptor
>
> Which is best and what are it's strong points?

Speedwise, the C2D is best.  It has much more bandwidth available to it
and the drivers are highly refined.  It has a maximum resolution of
1280x1024 and 5MB of RAM, which may or may not be a limit.

Capability wise, the Raptor (PGX32) is best, it offers more resolutions
and more onboard RAM than the C2D (but not the C3D).  Early drivers were
flaky but they've improved a lot recently.  If you need to go to 1600x1200
you either need this or a C3D.

The vanilla ATI PGX can be ok with enough RAM but is at the bottom of the
list.  Unlike the other two framebuffers mentioned here it can only do
8bpp or 24bpp, not both at the same time as overlays.

But really, who's happy with just one monitor?  :)

-James