From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET)
Date: Fri May 05 2000 - 23:01:27 EDT
On Fri, 5 May 2000 os2support_at_theriver.com wrote:
> In <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005010930230.1789-100000_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET>, on
> 05/01/00
> at 09:32 AM, Vincent Poy <vince_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET> said:
>
>
> >> >The high-end ThinkPad A20p incorporates exceptional graphics performance
> >> >including: the ATI Rage (TM) Mobility 128 video chip, 16MB VRAM, S-video
> >> >in and out ports for video capture and playback; MGI VideoWave III video
> >> >editing software; DVI support via docking; an Intel Mobile Pentium III
> >> >processor at 700MHz featuring Intel Speetep (TM) technology; 128MB RAM
> >> >(upgradable to 512MB); 18GB hh SXGA Plus (1400x1050) display; all in a
> >> >1.5-inch (4) profile.
> >>
> >> Crap, IBM went with the aging ATI chipset....I would have definitely
> >> prefered S3's new chipset used in the Toshiba 8100 series. :(
>
> > Hmmm, is the ATI really that bad? I would prefer the Matrox G400 or
> >even the upcoming G450 =)
>
> Got an RagePro in my Dell box and it is quite speedy (except WinOS/2
> and that is the GRADD drivers fault.)
>
> There was a "bad batch" of M64 chips and they caused all sorts of
> problems....
>
> And ATI had a serious problem with getting good OS/2 drivers, but they
> "smartly" contracted out the work.
Hmmm, ATI is supposed to be the most stable chipset even though it
isn't the fastest. S3 is good too... It seems like the T20 series use S3
chips while the A20 use ATI chips.
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