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- From: waitd@columbia.dsu.edu (Darrin K. Wait)
- Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth vs. Speedstar 24X vs. Ati Ultra PRO
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- Organization: Dakota State University
- References: <1992Nov5.010618.1582@infonode.ingr.com> <1d9v25INN1uu@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:08:05 GMT
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- In article <1d9v25INN1uu@agate.berkeley.edu> aron@angkor.ced.berkeley.edu (aron bonar) writes:
- >From: aron@angkor.ced.berkeley.edu (aron bonar)
- >Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth vs. Speedstar 24X
- >Date: 5 Nov 1992 01:57:25 GMT
-
- >In article <1992Nov5.010618.1582@infonode.ingr.com>, rex@lgp.b23b.ingr.com (Rex A. Simmons) writes:
- >|> I am preparing for a 486DX-33 purchase soon and had been planning to
- >|> purchase a Diamond Stealth card. One of the few vendors I'm
- >|> considering said that their standard card is now the Diamond Speedstar
- >|> 24X which, according to the sales person, is better than the Stealth
- >|> and is supposedly phasing out the Stealth. However, I thought I had
- >|> read/heard somewhere that the 24X was in fact a lower-end card with
- >|> less performance than the Stealth. If you can help me set the record
- >|> straight on this, please e-mail me or post a follow-up.
- >|>
-
- >As I understand it...the Stealth is supposed to be a faster card...but that's cuz it uses
- >the S3 windows chip. So...its really fast in windows but not really spectacular anywhere else.
- >But the reason its not so good (and being phased out as you say) is because it has no end
- >of problems with applications other than windows.
-
- >A friend of mine has one in his system and he hates it. It does 32k colors in 640x480 and only
- >256 colors in higher resolutions. As his system is used mostly for high color rendering and
- >raytracingwhen he has to dither his 24 bit 800x600 images down to 256 colors he isn't to happy
- >about that.
-
- >The 24x is reportedly a more stable card and supports the following resolutions:
-
- >640x480 in 16.7 million colors
- >800x600 in 32k colors and
- >1024x768 in 256 colors.
-
- >Its not billed as being as fast in windows as the stealth but I'd have a hard time beleiving
- >that its unreasonably slow. Its performance in DOS and in other apps is (from what I've heard)
- >as good or better than the stealth.
-
- >Not that the 24x is glitch free, but my understanding is that the card out-performs the stealth
- >in almost every area. Plus its cheaper.
- >
-
- IF the 24x is better than the Stealth, how does it compare with the ATI
- Ultra PRO. I bought a GATEWAY about 2-3 weeks ago when they were still
- shipping the 24X and I want to know if I sould call GateWay and see what it
- would cost to upgrade to the PRO.
-
- Thanks
-