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- From: ajlindem@kiowa.ucs.indiana.edu ("Andy Lindeman")
- Subject: REPOST: ET4000 Driver comparison
- Message-ID: <C17yz6.9KH@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Keywords: et4000, Tseng, Diamond
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- Organization: Indiana University
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:47:29 GMT
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- This is a repost from 2 or 3 months ago. I haven't changed anything. If
- any new drivers have come out since then, let me know (I haven't found
- any...) Andy
-
-
- Well, it's only about three months after I promised them, but here's the
- results I got from testing all the drivers I found for boards based on the
- Tseng et4000 chipset. I tested them on my Gateway 386/33 with a Diamond
- SpeedStar using PC Magazine's Windows Benchmarks and Texas Instruments'
- WinTach. (They can be found on cica under /util as winben25.zip and
- wintach.zip.) I only tested the 256 color drivers in 800x600 mode! I was
- very careful to ensure that I tested them under the same conditions (i.e.
- I quit afterdark, Dr. Watson etc...) About 50 people sent me an email a
- while back that they would also like the listing from PC Magazine's
- Benchmark "Advanced" tests. If any of you that want them (they are 4
- pages each!), just send an email to me. When I started, only version 2 of
- the PC Mag benchmarks was out, and the "Winmark" test was not included
- until version 2.5. The tests from version 2 are (I think) the same as the
- "Advanced" in version 2.5. So I went back with 2.5 and did the "Winmark"
- test (which is a subset of the advanced.) I did not do the Advanced tests
- on all the non-turbo drivers, since these drivers are most likely the same
- exact code. (These advanced tests take 20 minutes to do per driver!!) I
- had problems with the Turbo Windows driver, (off of spdstar6.zip) it kept
- crashing my system repeatedly! (I also got weird lines, especially when I
- opened DOS applications.) So the numbers from that driver might not be
- correct. One other thing: the drivers off of et4turbo.zip and
- et4win31.zip make the text under icons in program manager bold! Now, for
- my opinion on what is best: I like the Colorview ET4Turbo drivers. There
- were 4 fast drivers but the ones off spdstar6.zip gave me problems and the
- ones off et4turbo.zip and et4win31.zip had ugly bold text underneath the
- icons in Program Manager. I would like to thank all the people who
- pointed out to me these drivers and an especially big "thanks" to Simon
- Bernstein for going through lots of trouble to FTP the Boca drivers to me!
- If anybody has any other drivers that work on Tseng 4000 based boards, let
- me know and I
- on Usenet in the last 3 months, I haven't been netting since middle July
- so let me know. Well, here are my findings:
-
-
- ZIP Name Distributed by drivers dated oemsetup.inf
- bocasx31 Boca 3-1-92 4-16-92
- et4-w31 Tseng Labs 3-1-92 3-1-92
- et4cview Trident (Colorview) 5-27-92 6-18-92
- et4turbo Tseng Labs ? 4-16-92 4-16-92
- et4win31 Compuadd BBS 4-16-92 4-16-92
- spdstar6 Diamond (w/Turbo drv) 3-1-92 4-13-92
- sswin31 Diamond 3-1-92 3-31-92
- stbwin31 Powergraph (Ergo) 5-21-92 5-21-92
- w31et4 Microsoft 3-10-92 4-1-92
-
- Note: all drivers except these can be found in the /drivers/video on
- ftp.cica.indiana.edu
- bocasx31 on /upload
- et4turbo on /upload/SEPT92
- et4win31 on /upload
- the drivers above will probably be placed in /drivers/video soon!
-
- Drivers included:
- ZIP Name: Driver Name:
- bocasx31 SXVGA A:a, B:a, C:c, D:d
- et4-w31 ET4000 A:a, B:a, C:c, D:d
- et4cview Colorview A:a, B:a, C;c, D:d
- et4cview Colorview ET4TURBO A:256, B:256, c:256
- et4turbo ET4000 A:a, B:a, C:c, D:d
- et4turbo ET4Turbo A:256, B:256, C:256
- et4win31 ET4000 A:a, B:a, C:c, D:d
- et4win31 ET4Turbo A:256, B:256, C:256
- spdstar6 SpeedStar A:16,32768 B:16,32768 C:d
- spdstar6 Turbo Windows A:256, B:256, C:256
- sswin31 SpeedStar A:b, B:b, C:c, D:d
- stbwin31 Powergraph (Ergo) A:b, B:b, C:c, D:d
- w31et4 ET4000 A:256, B:256, C:256
-
- Key:
- A: 640x480 B: 800x600 c: 1024x768 D: 1280x1024
- a: 16,256,32768,655355 colors b: 16,256,32768 colors c: 16,256 colors
- d: 16 colors
- Note: all drivers 800x600 and up have both large and small fonts
-
- PC Magazine's Windows Benchmark results (Winmark test)
- Zip Name: Driver Name: Winmark Speed
- bocasx31 SXVGA 1899975
- et4-w31 ET4000 1888103
- et4cview Colorview 1894756
- et4cview Colorview ET4TURBO 2595017
- et4turbo ET4000 1884325
- et4turbo ET4Turbo 2607422
- et4win31 ET4000 1882686
- et4win31 ET4Turbo 2578828
- spdstar6 SpeedStar (no 256 color drivers)
- spdstar6 Turbo Windows 2513272
- sswin31 SpeedStar 1878316
- stbwin31 Powergraph (Ergo) 1878034
- w31et4 ET4000 1874246
-
- WinTach results:
- Zip Name: Driver Name: WinTach Word- CAD Spread- Paint
- Overall Processor /CAM Sheet
- bocasx31 SXVGA 2.84 1.18 3.28 3.43 3.56
- et4-w31 ET4000 2.87 1.18 3.31 3.43 3.56
- et4cview Colorview 2.86 1.18 3.28 3.43 3.53
- et4cview Colorview ET4TURBO 3.05 1.21 3.34 3.68 3.96
- et4turbo ET4000 2.86 1.21 3.28 3.43 3.50
- et4turbo ET4Turbo 3.04 1.25 3.40 3.62 3.90
- et4win31 ET4000 2.87 1.18 3.25 3.46 3.56
- et4win31 ET4Turbo 3.06 1.25 3.37 3.65 3.96
- spdstar6 SpeedStar (no 256 color drivers)
- spdstar6 Turbo Windows 3.04 2.03 2.96 3.36 3.84
- sswin31 SpeedStar 2.86 1.18 3.25 3.46 3.56
- stbwin3 Powergraph (Ergo) 2.87 1.18 3.28 3.46 3.56
- w31et4 ET4000 2.86 2.28 3.28 3.46 3.53
-
-
- Andy Lindeman
- ajlindem@ucs.indiana.edu
-
-