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- From: kwan@netcom.com (Kwan-Seng Low)
- Subject: Re: 928 chipset? was Re: What is the best VGA card for 386BSD???
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.181942.15615@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Nov19.093138.14545@netcom.com> <e8uv02mo2bc601@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1992Nov20.160442.11380@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:19:42 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <1992Nov20.160442.11380@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
- >In article <e8uv02mo2bc601@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> gab10@griffincd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov19.093138.14545@netcom.com>, hasty@netcom.com
- >>(Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
- >>
- >>[ deleted ]
- >>
- >>> S3 chipsets come basically in three flavors:
- >>> (1) 911 slowest chipset
- >>> (2) 924
- >>> (3) 801 fastest chipset
- >>
- >>Was there supposed to be a 928 model? or is this the 801 chipset mentioned
- >>above?
- >The 928 is going to be the fastest S3 chipset by a factor of
- >2x or 3x. Availability of 928 boards is going to be in January.
- >
- >You can get an 801 today. The cards are barely beginning to hit
- >the market.
- >
- >Amancio
- >>
- >>--
- >>Gary Browning | Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a
- >> | great idea hits you, and just before you realize
- >> | what is wrong with it.
- >
- >
-
- VL local bus version of 801 will be shipping next week, according to Orchid.
- Would be interesting if someone could run bench mark on the VL version versus
- ISA version of the 801 to see VL really outperform the ISA...
-
- Kwan
-