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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!bbrown
- From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
- Subject: Re: Advice needed on video cards
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.153924.5698@infonode.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <92248.57283.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 15:39:24 GMT
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- J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
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- >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.
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- WD9031 -- fast at bitmapped graphics in dos applications. Very good
- windows acceleration (faster than S3 on most things) at $185.
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- The only board I know of that uses it is the Diamond Speedstar 24X.
- The 'X' is important. It means it's a WD9031 and not a Tseng.
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- If you're sure you'll always run dos and games and never run Windows,
- a local bus Tseng ET4000 implemntation may be best for you.
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