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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: VGA Card Recommendation for Zenith Flat Screen
Message-ID: <1640087@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Mar 90 00:23:40 GMT
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>  Info World did a comparison test of 20 16-bit VGA cards in their
>  December 11, 1989 issue and found virtually no significant difference
>  in the speed of any of the cards.  The only exception was the Video 7
>  card, due probably to its dual-ported RAM, and this was only faster
>  for ONE application they tested it on (I forget which one).

PC Magazine in the April 10, 1990 issue has a comparison test of several
SuperVGA cards. Their performance data showed a significant (10:1 in
some cases) performance difference with the Video 7 VRAM coming in
about the middle of the pack overall.

Sometimes these comparison tests are testing the computer 
equivalent of a Ford Escort against a Corvette. It is difficult
sometimes to determine if a computer product is intended to be a
computer equivalent of a Escort or a Corvette. Is a 10MHZ 8086
intended to be in the same performance league as a 10MHZ 80286?
There are manufacturers who seem to want you to believe that.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
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