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- From: v923137@vms.ucc.okstate.edu
- Subject: Re: Diamond Speedstar 24X vs. Stealth VRAM
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.212014.1@vms.ucc.okstate.edu>
- Summary: Diamond 24X is faster than Diamond Stealth VRAM
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- Organization: Oklahoma State University Computer Center
- References: <1992Dec14.184338.14584@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Dec18.023210.9407@csar.encore.com>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 03:20:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.023210.9407@csar.encore.com>, mthompso@csar.encore.com (Mark Thompson) writes:
- > mrbill@leland.Stanford.EDU (William Bowen) writes:
- >
- >>Which is the faster card, the Stealth VRAM or the Speedstar 24X? Does
- >>anyone have benchmarks for these cards, preferably run on the same machine?
- >
- >>Thanks for any info.
- >
- >>Bill
- >
- >>mrbill@leland.stanford.edu
- >
- > I just installed a SpeedStar 24X in my 486DX/50 MHz 256kb cache 8MB ram
- > system. WinBench reports 12,691,779 WinMarks in 800x600x256 mode. Sorry, I
- > don't have any numbers on the Stealth. Maybe someone else with a similiar
- > system can post them.
-
- The Diamond Stealth VRAM 1MB accelerator card runs about 8.4 Million WinMarks.
- I had a Stealth, and just bought a 24X. The 24X is faster. Period.
-
- >
- > I really enjoy my new SpeedStar.
-
- Likewise.
-
- -Jason
-