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- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!jbradfor
- From: jbradfor@leland.Stanford.EDU (Jeffrey Bradford)
- Subject: Re: Windows video speedup cards
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.011317.19468@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <1992Sep9.004327.2468@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 01:13:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep9.004327.2468@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jzarin@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jason Zarin) writes:
- >
- >What I want to know is how much of a performance boost can I expect from
- >an S3, Speedstar 24X, or ATI Ultra card?
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- I have the ATI Vantage card (about $260 for the OEM version), and the
- speedup is increadible. I can *smoothly* scroll through text at about 3
- screens per second, and maximizing a window is almost immediate. It makes
- Windows usable. (The only problem I've found with it is that it won't do
- interleave in most resolutions.)
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- >According to PC Mag, some of these video cards actually run slower under
- >DOS. Can someone verify this for me?
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- In text based stuff, (almost) any video card is fast enough. In DOS graphics,
- my Vantage is slightly faster than my last card, but the difference is
- noticable only by benchmarks. But that should depend on the individual card.
-
- >What are your experiences? Is the speedup worth the price?
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- Three answers: yes, Yes, YES! (If you want to use Windows for any serious
- work.)
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- Jeffrey Bradford
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