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- From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
- Subject: Re: Diamond Speedstar 24 info wanted!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.161321.12538@infonode.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <d91-fad@tekn.hj.se.3.711909782@tekn.hj.se> <1992Jul27.143739.5010@jet.uk> <1992Jul27.184214.19267@infonode.ingr.com> <64490@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:13:21 GMT
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- >Anyone care to comment on the breadth of software support that
- >will develop for the Speedstar 24 (Tseng 4000 based)
- >and the Speedstar 24X (Western Digital 9031 based)? The 24X seems like
- >product with a short lifespan based on the anticipated Fall release of
- >a 24-bit S3 board.
-
- In some ways, the 24X is better than the Stealth 24. For one thing,
- Diamond claims around 11 million WinMarks for it, vs. around 8.5
- for the Stealth (both in 1024x768x256 mode). Also, the 24X supports
- the the 800x600x32K mode that the Stealth cannot due to its
- need for power of two logical row widths. Also, the 24X is really
- a Paradise SVGA with an accelerator chip. This means it will not
- run DOS VGA stuff slowly like the S3.
-
- I assume there will always be windows drivers for 24X. But if you want
- to run X386 (they're working on an S3 version now) or OS/2, I'd
- get the Stealth.
-
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