[rescue] Ss 4/5 speed

Steve Sandau ssandau at bath.tmac.com
Tue Feb 19 18:15:34 CST 2002


Kevin Loch wrote:
> 
> You may want a ZX instead.  I've tried both, and the S24 is faster
> in some ways, and much slower in others.  The most obvious difference
> is the Netscape scrollbar.  Completely unusable on an S24, but
> 'normal' on a ZX.
>
So the S24 is the AFX card? What's the ZX? Excuse me for appearing
ignorant, but sometimes I am. Just ask my wife. ;)

> >
> > > > Actually, that's an AFX slot. It's for accellerated graphics hardware. The S24
> > > > supports AFX, I think. A friend just picked one of those up for $90. Neat, but
> > > > more than I'd pay for a video card...
> > >
> > > Aichipapa! that's insane. I paid all of $25 for one on ebay, and don't
> > > even have a 5 to put it in.
> > >
> > I'm still suffering with 8-bit color on my 5. A couple months ago I saw
> > 3 AFX cards on eBay each for $45 or so. Thought if there were that many
> > at one time they couldn't be too hard to find. Haven't seen one since.
> > Still want one, too...
> >

-- 
Steve Sandau
ssandau at bath.tmac.com



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