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- From: artk@Congruent.COM (Arthur Kreitman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: Re: WinSpeed
- Message-ID: <ARTK.92Dec13170229@cc-color1.Congruent.COM>
- Date: 13 Dec 92 22:02:29 GMT
- References: <1g2lg2INNbm@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> <1992Dec9.050521.25621@netcom.com>
- Sender: news@Congruent.COM
- Organization: Congruent Corporation; New York, NY
- Lines: 32
- In-reply-to: timbol@netcom.com's message of 9 Dec 92 05:05:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec9.050521.25621@netcom.com> timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol) writes:
-
- > In article <1g2lg2INNbm@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> comm117@unixg.ubc.ca (Gavin Chin) writes:
- > >What do you netters think about the software-only Windows accelerator
- > >called WinSpeed? I've seen it at my bookstore for $70 Canadian
- > >and it claims that Windows' graphics speed will increase by 2.5 times. Is
- > >this true or is that the "optimal condition" speed?
-
- > The WinSpeed drivers from Panacea are faster than plain vanilla VGA
- > if they support your card. They could easily be fast enough to
- > handle the additional data for SVGA mode as fast or faster than the standard
- > VGA driver (which is pretty slow).
-
- > However, these cards are far faster than a regular Trident, even with
- > WinSpeed. (In fact, several of the more "name brand" accelerators come
- > with some type of "turbo" driver developed by Binar Graphics -- the same
- > company that makes the drivers for Panacea).
-
- All Tseng based cards have 'turbo' drivers available for them that
- are both faster and more bug-free then the Binar/Panacea drivers. These
- were developed by Congruent. They are also the basis for the Western
- Digital drivers.
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