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Re: Nice resolution/colors possible without gfx card?
« on: January 22, 2012, 09:37:02 PM »
It's not possible to have a decent looking Workbench screen even using a flicker fixer - scan doubler.

You need a very expensive tower case (can't find a new one), a very expensive PCI busboard (I think Elbox still makes them), a hard to find old PCI graphics card and a fast processor (can be found only second hand for lots of money) for this.

Or you need a BlizzardPPC (very very expensive. You can even buy a car instead of this card! :) ) and a BVisionPPC (very expensive and rare) preferably with a tower for the heat they generate.

Unfortunately the only native graphics card produced for the A1200 is the BVision and they are very hard to find.  For example I have a partially working BlizzardPPC (well. Actually it doesn't work at the moment :) ) but can not find a BVision since they seem to be selling immediately once one become available for buying.

I wish there was some kind of cheap and old graphics chip we could plug on the A1200 mainboard like Indivision and it gave us high color RTG screens.
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Re: Nice resolution/colors possible without gfx card?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2012, 10:26:15 PM »
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What about HighGFX? http://aminet.net/package/driver/moni/HighGFX40_6

Used it on my A1200 (BPPC) and it ain't bad for 1024x768

Yes I can use it with my "rare" Microvitec M1438S monitor but just like other AGA modes, the maximum you can get on your WB using that mode is only 256 colors and that's slow as hell. 32 or 64 colors is usable but still slow (For example you can not solid move your windows properly unless you set your wb to 4 colors or less)
A4000T, 604e@400&060@66, 128MB+16MB+Zorram256, CVisionPPC, VLabMotion, Toccata, XSurf100&RapidRoad, Prisma Megamix

A1200, Blizzard060@50, 256MB, Blizzard IV SCSI, FastATA mk4