February 1995 / BYTE Lab Product Report

True-Color Graphics Accelerators The Gadgetry of Graphics	An in-depth inspection of 35 PCI and five Macintosh NuBus cards for ultrafast graphics and deep colors - by Jim Kane, Siva Kumar, and John Mcdonough
Graphics Glossary	BITBLT Stands for bit block transfer, a hardware-based process that moves a rectangular block of bits from main memory into display memory.
The Best Graphics Accelerators For General Business Weighing for Best Overall and Low Cost BEST OVERALL HIGH-PERFORMANCE LOW-COST ATI Technologies Graphics Pro Turbo ATI Technologies Graphics Pro Turbo ATI Technologies Graphics Xpression	In the early years of local-bus graphics, VL-Bus graphics accelerator cards stole the show.
Smooth Movies Motion Video Test in Two Formats	The InterMark video test, devised by NSTL, tests the video capabilities of an adapter by forcing it to play video at a consistent speed and monitoring the number of dropped frames.
The Best PCI Graphics Adapters For Drafting Quality Weighing for Best Overall and Low Cost Weighing for High Resolution Draft with the Pros La Creme de la CAD If You're N ot Made of Gold, Buy Diamond's CAD performance tests Elsa Winner 2000Pro Diamond Multimedial Systems Viper SE PCI Diamond Multimedia Systems Stealth 64 DRAM	If you work with Windows- or DOS-based CAD packages, you will want to have a fast, high-resolution graphics adapter that can handle large, complex drawings.
How We Tested The Windows Graphics Architecture	To create a comprehensive series of tests to determine the best graphics accelerators, we first identified the most important markets for them.
BYTE Best: Macintosh Weighing for Best Overall and Low Cost Weig hing for High Performance Fast as a Sports Car High Cost, High Quality Radius LeMans GT Radius Thunder II GXT 1152	While some desktop publishing and graphics illustration applications are slowly migrating to the PC, most seasoned graphics professionals still prefer to use a Mac.
Video Glossary	AVI Stands for Audio Video Interleave, a file-format extension given to Video for Windows files wherein audio and video data are stored in alternate blocks.
Honorable Mentions	The miroCrystal 40SV Twin, from miro Computer Products, includes not just one, but two graphics accelerators.

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