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- From: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
- Subject: Re: Advice needed on video cards
- Message-ID: <92248.57283.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
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- Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 22:59:23 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In <1992Sep4.141148.27685@walter.cray.com>, David Peterschmidt writes:
-
- >hi all,
-
- >I'm trying to put together a PC system (mostly for gaming) and I'd like
- >some opinions on the best way to get good (blazing!?) video performance.
- >I'm a bit new to the PC world (coming over from the Amiga domain) so
- >any advice would be appreciated.
-
- >The system I want to get is a 486DX/50 with local bus and some kind of
- >accelerator card (S3, Tseng, ATI...) but my I gather from the articles
- >I've read that these are aimed at Windows and require special drivers
- >that game software doesn't use (flame me if I'm wrong, please!). If this
- >is the case, what would be the best way to get optimal video performance
- >outside Windows?
-
- For gaming primarily outside of Windows, I'd avoid the S3. The S3 chip is a
- screamer for Windows apps, but its performance is mediocre outside of Windows.
- I think the ATI may be the best all around, but is also the most expensive.
- If you know you won't be doing Windows, I'd think the Tseng would suffice.
-
- In summary...
- * Tseng -- fast at bit-mapped graphics in DOS applications.
- * S3 -- turbo-charged chip for Windows, otherwise average at best.
- * ATI -- provides great combination of DOS and Windows performance...with a
- price to match.
-
- But then again, I still have an old el-cheapo VGA card which is barely capable
- of 640x480x256...
-
-
- Tim Irvin j056600@lmsc5.is.lmsc.lockheed.com
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