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From: ray@ole.UUCP (Ray Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Diamond SpeedStar
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Date: 7 Dec 90 06:50:05 GMT
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mek4_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Mark Kern) writes:



>Specifically, is the SpeedStar faster than the new Orchid Prodesigner II?
>How does the Diamond acheive it's speed. I hear they use the Tseng chip
>set with a new bios...

	The Diamond board uses the Tseng 4000 chip as does the Prodesigner
II.  I've seen claims that the Diamond is 13-15% faster on *some* types of
operations- but I doubt the difference is significant.  The Prodesigner II
supports the new "ergonomic" 72 Hz refresh rate; the Speedstar does not.
(However, there is a new "Speedstar+" coming RSN that *does* support it)..
	OTHO, Speedstars are good boards, overall.  And can be cheap.  An
outfit called "FMG" advertised Speedstars w/1 Mbyte of ram in the December
Computer Shopper for $209..

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