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- From: x90wardell@gw.wmich.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Tseng 4000 speed comparison on generic and Diamond boards.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.160759.6251@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 16:07:58 EST
- References: <cro.721324313@ennews!socrates.ed.asu.edu>
- Organization: Western Michigan University
- Lines: 40
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- In article <cro.721324313@ennews!socrates.ed.asu.edu>, cro@socrates.ed.asu.edu (C. R. Oldham) writes:
- > Greetings,
- >
- > Having read all of the complaints about bad 32bit GRE performance and
- > problems with Tseng 4000 drivers, I was not looking forward to
- > installing the service pack. I was pleasantly surprised, however,
- > when I put it on my home machine (486-33/AMI bios/16Mb ram/128k cache/120 Mb
- > HD/Generic Tseng 4000 board "Ultra VGA" with sierra ramdac). I've got *better*
- > performance now than I did using the old Orchid drivers. Even in 256
- > colors at 800x600 resolution!
- >
- > I was severely disappointed when I installed the SP on my work machine
- > which is almost identical to my home one except I've got only 64k of
- > cache, 200Mb HD, and a Diamond Speedstar Plus. Sadly, display
- > performance is as everyone says--BAD. I had to go back to 640x480x16
- > to stand it. And I'm not just talking about text scrolling speeds.
- > For example, Deskpic's flashlight screen saver/animation on my home
- > machine bounces around the display like a basketball during an NBA
- > game. At work, the same animation acts more like a hot air balloon
- > than a basketball.
- >
- > Can someone explain to me why this is? Are Diamond's cards so flaky
- > that some generic board manufacturer can blow them away? Or does my
- > extra 64k of cache in the home machine really make that much
- > difference?
- >
- >
- > Charles R. (C. R.) Oldham | North Central Association, Commission on Schools
- > cro@socrates.ed.asu.edu or| Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3011 _
- > aocro@acvax.inre.asu.edu | 602/965-8700 | #include "disclaimer.h" X_>
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- I have teh same video card you have (Ultra VGA with Sierra Chip)
- and I got very good performance with the Tseng drivers also.
- ON the other hand, the Diamond Speedstar 24x wouldn't even
- work.
-
- -Brad
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