Re: Looking for a Video Card

From: Nigel Barker (nigel_at_hp.com)
Date: 07/22/04


Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:59:34 GMT

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:36:14 +0000, David B Sneddon <dbsneddon@bigpond.com>
wrote:

>Fred Kleinsorge was overheard to say:
>> If you want to buy it on the secondary market, the 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 card
>> fits your bill. It is great at 2D. My DS20 is running it at 1920x1200 with
>> 16bpp.
>>
>> If you want it directly from HP, then the Radeon 7500 is the one to get.
>> This card can also do 3D. But you will need to get up to V7.3-1 or better
>> (V7.3-2) for this card.
>>
>> Both should work well on the DS20.
>
>Will the Radeon 7500 work on a Digital Personal Workstation 600au?
>The Oxygen cards required an EV6 or better.

The ATI Radeon 7500 is EV6 or later too. I know this from personal experience of
trying one in my PWS 600a. It works great in my DS10 though.

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Nigel Barker
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