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- From: turkstra@cs.hope.edu (Screwtape)
- Subject: Re: Diamond 24X vs. Stealth
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.192909.5153@cs.hope.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.hope.edu
- Reply-To: turkstra@cs.hope.edu
- Organization: Hope College
- References: <1992Nov21.145311.8550@cs.uwp.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:29:09 GMT
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- >As another example, my macine at work originally came with a 1 meg SVGA card
- >(it was an Everx Viewpoint card) and the performance of windows was
- >very slow - you could NEVER tell that the machine was in fact a 486-DX 50Mhz
- >by looking at windows. So I replaced it with a Stealth VRAM at the
- >thing cranks out speed now! Remember, most people (Diamond) are saying
- >that the 24x is faster than the Stealth. NOW, I am running at 1024 x 768
- >in 256 colors and it is VERY VERY fast. (Sometimes things go by TOO fast
- >on the scrren :) )
-
- Here's a question - do you notice any improvements on DOS-based graphics?
- Do the drivers (ie windows) need to be running for the accelerator chip to
- function? I use DOS based apps often (familiarity reasons) and games, and
- wonder about the (any?) speed increase on them.
- Turkstra@cs.hope.edu
-
- Dood! If I buy this totally K-RaD vid card, will like the graphics swirl faster on
- my FaVoRiTe GaMEZ? I Dunno, costs MaNY bucks, eh??
-
- (Sorry, I've been roaming the BBS world too long today... I promise to restrict
- outbursts like that in the future...)
-