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- From: nestor@nodename.dec.com (Nestor Hernandez)
- Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth vs. Speedstar 24X
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.032058.10273@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Nov5.010618.1582@infonode.ingr.com> <1d9v25INN1uu@agate.berkeley.edu> <5NOV199209451909@rigel.tamu.edu>
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- Date: 11 NOV 92 22:23:00
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- In article <5NOV199209451909@rigel.tamu.edu>, cpw8034@rigel.tamu.edu (Alan Wen (409) 693-2924) writes...
- >In article <1d9v25INN1uu@agate.berkeley.edu>, aron@angkor.ced.berkeley.edu (aron bonar) writes...
- >>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.
- >>
- >
- >With both cards running on my 486-33/only ISA, WinMark gives me
- >
- >SpeedStar 24x: 12.76 Mil
- >Stealth VRAM: 7.65 Mil
- >
- >If you prefer not to go by benchmark scores, try having identical machines
- >next to each other with PageMaker or Word for Windows. Then scroll up or down
- >on both and you'll readily notice the difference. I realize that this is
- >only one aspect of overall performance but it's a practical and application
- >based one at that. You'll also notice windows opening/closing snappier even
- >when you're inside imaging programs like Halo (included w/ 24x) Imager.
- >
- >Under DOS, the difference isn't as noticeable BUT the 24x is still faster.
- >Under numerous hodgepouges of benching prgs, the 24x runs about as fast
- >as the Speedstar 24 which uses the ET-4000. S3 as you know generally run
- >slower in DOS.
- >
- >I heard from a couple of dealers too that the 24x is phasing out the Stealth
- >and that a newer model w/ possibly more VRAM and 24-bit clr support will be
- >out shortly to be the mid-end card as oppose to the low-end pricing of the
- >24x.
- >
- >alan
- >
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