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Re: VideoLogic GrafixStar 600
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Smith)
Thu Nov 7 02:16:56 1996
Date: 7 Nov 1996 08:07:50 -0000
From: Eric Smith <eric@brouhaha.com>
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In-reply-to: <3280452A.17AF21DC@moneyworld.com> (message from Borg on Tue, 05
Nov 1996 23:58:34 -0800)
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Borg <vladimip@moneyworld.com> wrote:
> What's the sense in having a 128-bit chip on a videocard
> that is plugged in a 64-bit PCI board anyway?
Unless you have a high-end Alpha system, you probably only have 32-bit
PCI slots.
But the point of a 64-bit or 128-bit graphics accelerator chip is that its
data path to the RAM on the card is wider, so it can deal with more pixels
simultaneously.
Eric
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