I bought a couple of cards with that chip, but I could never get them to work properly. The driver programs are poorly written, for example the refresh rate is not adjustable. Such cards are all right for low quality monitors, but not for monitors with high specifications. For these the refresh rate should be adjustable. Here you see a section of the Matrox video card control box.
Screen fonts are models for the letters seen on the screen.
There are significant quality variations in this area. Again, ATI, Number Nine, and Matrox are worth mentioning. Next page Previous page Read about video basics in Module 7a . Read about sound cards in Module 7c . Read about digital sound and music in Module 7d .