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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!coopsol!gordons
- From: gordons@coopsol.com (Gordon Storga)
- Subject: Re: Diamond Speedstar 24 info wanted!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.193015.6643@coopsol.com>
- Organization: Stay Awake Software
- References: <d91-fad@tekn.hj.se.3.711909782@tekn.hj.se>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 19:30:15 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- <d91-fad@tekn.hj.se.3.711909782@tekn.hj.se> d91-fad@tekn.hj.se@tekn.hj.se (Daniel Falk) said:
- >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...
-
- I bought one a couple of weeks ago. I bought it because my taiwanese 1MB
- card AND my Orchid Prodesigner card both kept crashing with Windows. I
- returned the Orchid card and got the DS24 -- It works GREAT!
-
- I know it's faster than the Orchid (how much I don't know, but by
- *observation* it appears to be twice as fast).
-
- >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...
-
- I've got a 386/33 too. The card works great. I highly recommend it.
- However, I tried it with Wing Commander and the graphics speed was such
- that it took me several attempts to get past the first mission again.
-
- Plus you get an excellent paint/draw program that works only with the
- DS24.
-
- Gordon
- .
- --
- The opinions expressed are my own, and not the beliefs or opinions
- of whatever company you think I work for. So there, thhhbbbt!
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-