Messages in this thread | | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: [OT] Crazy idea: Design open-source graphics chip | Date | Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:46:02 +0100 |
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John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com> writes:
> A cheap cludge would be an optional second GPU on the card just to do > the required VGA modes, with an analogue video pass-through. That > would make the VGA cards more expensive than a single GPU which > incorporated VGA, but add almost nothing in cost or complexity terms > to the non-VGA cards.
The DEC TGA series cards did something like that, using a Cirrus Logic chip for the VGA support.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se
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