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From: bradd@gssc.UUCP (Brad[null] Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Which graphics-adapter is best?`
Keywords: TIGA, TMS 340x0
Message-ID: <6462@gssc.UUCP>
Date: 20 Nov 90 01:55:09 GMT
References: <1519@berlioz.nsc.com> <6452@gssc.UUCP> <11940@life.ai.mit.edu>
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Organization: Graphic Software Systems, Inc. Beaverton, Or.
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In article <11940@life.ai.mit.edu> rpk@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Robert Krajewski) writes:
>Does anybody have any comments about the Renaissance GRX Rendition II
>board ?  It seemed to benchmark well, but a PC maven acquaintance of
>mine said it wasn't very good, that you could pick one up for $50 at
>the local parts store.  I'm taking that statement with a rather large
>grain of salt right now.

Compared to most 34010 boards, the Rendition doesn't have very much memory.
This makes it cheaper, but slower where bitmap operations (like Windows)
are involved.  But $50 is at least an order of magnitude too low.
If he insists, tell him to buy one and I'll give him $100 for it
(after all, it is still faster than my Super VGA at home).

>Also, what kind performance difference is there between a board based
>on the TMS 34010 and one based in the newer 34020 chip ?

The 34020 is indeed much faster than the 34010.  But it is also very
much more expensive.  Also, the 34020 boards tend to include huge amounts
of memory (the 34020 in my box has 5 megabytes) so to some degree you are
comparing apples and oranges.

>----
>Robert P. Krajewski
>Internet: rpk@ai.mit.edu ; Lotus: robert_krajewski.lotus@crd.dnet.lotus.com

BIAS ALERT:  GSS owns some 34010 board designs.  But they only rent me.

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