Macintosh IIci: Configuring for Speed with Display Card 824 GC


What is the fastest configuration for a Macintosh IIci using the Macintosh
Display Card 8*24 GC and a RasterOps ColorBoard 264 with an Apple Portrait
Display Monitor in 2-bit black and white and the Apple 13-inch RGB monitor
in 24-bit color? I have the Portrait Display Monitor on the 8*24 GC and the
RGB monitor on the RasterOps card. Should I be using the IIci's internal video
circuitry?

There are three considerations here:

* You always have better performance using a NuBus video card than
using the IIci's built-in video.

* The Macintosh Display Card 8*24 GC speeds up all QuickDraw processing,
as long as it's active and as long as the "other" video board lets it.
Check with RasterOps to see what their card does.

* You get more for your money when you put the greater pixel-depth
monitor on the faster card, probably the Macintosh Display Card
8*24 GC.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012