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Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> 2) You mentioned it was an ancient card. How much RAM does it have? |
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> Under X, here are the RAM requirements... |
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> 8 bit colour (256 colours) => 1 byte per pixel |
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> 16 bit colour (65536 colours) => 2 bytes per pixel |
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> 24 bit colour (16777216 colours) = 4 (yes, *FOUR*) bytes per pixel. |
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> A 1-megabyte video card will give 1152 x 864 at 256 colours or 800 x 600 |
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> at 65536 colours. |
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The Mystique has 4mb of RAM upgradeable to 8mb IIRC. It was likely new |
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in '95-'96 as I scraped together $140 to by the slightly better Matrox |
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Millennium used off Ebay in '96. The Mystique did not do well at higher |
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resolutions, which is why I went with the Millennium. I'd shoot for |
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800x600 and go from there. |
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kashani |
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