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- From: prall@seas.gwu.edu (David C. Prall)
- Subject: Re: ATI Ultra Pro vs. #9GXe
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.163141.29490@seas.gwu.edu>
- Keywords: ati ultra pro #9gxe number nine video accelerators
- Sender: news@seas.gwu.edu
- Organization: George Washington University
- References: <dhess.721001807@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>
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- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:31:41 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- In article <dhess.721001807@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> dhess@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Drew William Hess) writes:
- >I noticed a Number Nine Computer Corp. ad in the October 26 issue of PC Week.
- >The ad is for the #9GXe, Number Nine's new accelerated graphics board.
- >
- >What really caught my attention was a graph that shows the ATI Graphics
- >Ultra Pro clocking in at 25.5M WINMARKs (which is what ATI advertises for it),
- >and the #9GXe getting 40.5M WINMARKs! I find this number amazing.
- >
- >I looked hard at the ad to try to find some sort of "fine print" that would
- >show that Number Nine had done some creative benchmarking to achieve their
- >claimed 40.5M WINMARKs, but I found no such caveats. The only benchmark
- >qualifications given were "WINBENCH 2.5 on 486/ISA at 1024 x 768 at 72 Hz."
- >
- >For those who want to know more about the #9GXe's specs, the ad seems to
- >indicate the following:
- >
- >800x600 with 16.8M colors
- >1152x870 with "up to" 64k colors
- >1280x1024 with 16 or 256 colors
- >(1024x768 is also supported, according to the benchmark, but no word on
- >how many colors)
- >No info on refresh rates
- >Uses S3 86C928 accelerator
- >"#9 Hawkeye Feature Set for Windows" that allows on-the fly resolution and
- >changes; also supports virtual desktop
- >Prices start at $495 retail
- >
- >Has anyone seen similar claims for other S3 86C928-based boards? Does anyone
- >actually *have* a #9GXe and can back this benchmark up?
- >
- >-dwh-
- >dhess@cs.stanford.edu
- >
-
- I called Number Nine to check on this claim. They said that the board
- would not be shipping until the first of 93. Also, that these were preliminary
- figures for a pre-production board. It also does 64K colors at 1024x768.
- Hope this helps,
- David Prall
- prall@sparko.seas.gwu.edu
-
-