Amiga graphics card

[lassie]

Hey i been thinking what does a Graphics card in Amiga do? Do it give games better picture and more colour? or is it more for special made progarms.

[lassie]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=amiga+rtg+graphics+card

Thanks

[lassie]

Hey Lassie,

You seem like a new Amiga user.  I only say that because you've posted a lot of questions lately with some fairly legitimate fundamental questions.

There's an awful lot of great resources out there already that may already have the exact answers you are seeking.  For instance, the Big Book of Amiga Hardware, AmigaWiki, etc.

Google can help you find many of these answers:



Also, the "search" function here at Amiga.org can return a treasure trove of past threads on many of these fundamental topics.  I'm sure we've discussed a lot of these probably a half a dozen times or more over the years.

Good luck with your Amiga exploration!  Have fun!

Hi i have a lot of Amigas, but i must admit i do not know much about them. But i will search some more here on amiga.org and see if i can find some answers and i will try that Big book of Amiga hardware also

[lassie]

For gaming, it's mostly not worth it. There were some games that will use it (Napalm, Quake and a few others) and a few games had RTG patches, but they are generally all "late" amiga games.

For general day to day use, it can be cool, if you find a cheap one. If you want a high resolution, 256+ colour workbench, it's generally the way to go (AGA can do 256 but it isn't fast)

Hi thanks for your answer i have been looking on ebay and such ,they are quite expensive around 200 dollars for a merlin graphics card and picasso

[lassie]

Hi i found out that i have  Indivison ECS in my amiga 600 i purchased a month ago what settings should i use for best picture? i have it connected to a 43 inch plasma screen and how about colours, i can see i can change that to. I dont know much about it i must admit

[lassie]

All you have to do is download this package, move the monitor driver to devs/monitors

http://aminet.net/package/driver/moni/HighGFX40_6

Thanks i will try that