#Acad and 3dS Hardware…
02-Feb-94 02:14:58
Sb: #80235-#Acad and 3dS Hardware…
Fm: Conrad Stolze 72110,1263
To: John Tissavary 71054,15
John,
>> The MGA II's are less expensive, faster in VGA, but don't have 3D hardware
as far as I know. <<
There's always a catch isn't there! <G> Yes you are correct, the MGA 2's WILL
NOT support z-buffering (the 3D hardware). They are being marketed solely on
the VL and PCI busses as a high end Windows, AutoCAD, etc accelerator. Believe
it or not, the design of the 2's (and the fact that they are not encumbered
with the potential addition of the z-buffering hardware) makes them FASTER that
the MGA's even though they use the same circuitry!
Chuck