Subject: Re: 24-bit color on CG14
To: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/24/2002 21:41:29
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Darren Reed wrote:

# The fastest SBUS/AFX graphics card is the TGX+ (8bit), I believe.
# 4MB, double buffered.  "Wow"

Shame it's only 8-bit.  4MB is enough to do 1280x1024x32bpp, or
1280x1024x16bpp double-buffered.  It's a technological faux-pas that
Sun didn't bother to further explore the options until much later.

# Darren

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