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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!jet!kb
- From: kb@jet.uk (Kenneth Blackler)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Diamond Speedstar 24 info wanted!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.143739.5010@jet.uk>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 14:37:39 GMT
- References: <d91-fad@tekn.hj.se.3.711909782@tekn.hj.se>
- Organization: Joint European Torus
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- In <d91-fad@tekn.hj.se.3.711909782@tekn.hj.se> d91-fad@tekn.hj.se@tekn.hj.se (Daniel Falk) writes:
-
-
- > Hi folks...
- >
- >It seems that Diamond recently have released a 24-bit per pixel SVGA VESA
- >compatible card called Speedstar 24. However I was wondering if anyone knows
- >anything about it ? How fast is it compared to the ET 4000, what drivers are
- >there and so on...
-
- It is an ET4000......
-
- >I will be using it for Raytracing ( 3D Studio 2 ), DOS based programs,
- >graphics programs for Windows and, ofcourse, games ( ;-) ).Please tell me
- >if it's a good buy as I'm getting bored of my Trident 8900and it's not-so-
- >good-working VESA drivers.. ( yes, I've got the old BIOS).
- >I've got a 33 Mhz 486 ISA machine...
- >
- If you want a fast Windows board try the Diamond _Stealth_, or any other S3
- graphics board, their not so expensive. If you need the 24bit colour though
- I have no experiance. (I was sold a Speedstar24 a while ago on the
- understanding ot was an S3 card. It isn't, or if it is then its a very
- slow one that only runs about 1.2 times as fast as an Orchid ProdesignerII,
- also the drivers I was supplied with were the wrong ones so I haven't been
- able to try out the 24bit colour modes.)
- Anyway I'm sending mine back for the Stealth board which is what I actually
- wanted!
-
- Only my opinions!
- Ken.B
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