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- From: cpw8034@rigel.tamu.edu (Alan Wen (409) 693-2924)
- Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth vs. Speedstar 24X
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- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:18:00 GMT
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- >I am happy with my 24x. VGA modes (no drivers) are about 2x as fast as they
- >used to be, and I reinstalled Windows just to see the drivers run. Plus, it
- >was cheaper by a non-trivial margin. If you run a lot of standard VGA apps
- >(games, programs with no Stealth drivers) then get a Speedstar. I think that
- >it is just a little better rounded as an SVGA card. If you work in Windows
- >a lot, give the Stealth a look. It certainly is faster there.
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- I ran WinBench 2.5 on both cards in my machine and the 24x was a clear winner
- with over 12mil winmarks while the stealth on got over 7mil... Not only that,
- scrolling through documents in word and pagemaker was noticebly faster with
- the 24x over the stealth. Even in apps that require the cutting and pasting
- (eg imaging or "paint" prgs) the 24x seemed faster.
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- alan
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