Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!rutgers!att!cbfsb!cbnewsc!tjr From: tjr@cbnewsc.att.com (thomas.j.roberts) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Boca vs. ATI vs. Paradise? - try Diamond SpeedSTAR Message-ID: <1991Apr23.142322.27048@cbnewsc.att.com> Date: 23 Apr 91 14:23:22 GMT References: <1991Apr21.210738.10787@unlv.edu> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 34 From article <1991Apr21.210738.10787@unlv.edu>, by whitney@reed.cs.unlv.edu (Lee Whitney): > In article , kc2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kwan-Ju Chen) writes: > ) > ) Can anyone compare the performence of these VGA cards? > ) (Boca, ATI and Paradise) Which runs faster under Window 3.0? > > Comparing the performance of these cards or any SVGA card without > its own processor is like comparing the speed of my Honda Civic with > that of a Ford Escort, or in other words, they are all so slow under > Win3 that WHO CARES about minor speed differences. > If you you really want adequate graphics performance under Win3, > you should consider a board with a graphics co-processor, although they > are still more than $500, it makes windows happen as fast as text mode > in DOS, even at 1024x768 with 256 colors. > [...] I disagree. I use a Diamond SpeedSTAR video card (SVGA, non-interlaced 1024x768, etc.) with a Gateway2000 33 MHz 386 - it is VERY FAST in Windows 3.0. It uses the Tseng Labs ET4000 chip set, and can use 72 Hz vert sync for 640x480 and 800x600 modes (NO FLICKER!). Note that the SpeedSTAR card comes with appropriate fonts so that text is 10-point no matter what resolution you use (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768); icons remain 32x32, and get smaller for higher resolutions, but that is not a serious problem even at 1024x768 on a Sony 1304 14" monitor. Diamond also has a BBS to support their products - A GREAT SERVICE! If this sounds like a recommendation of the SpeedSTAR, it is - I am tremendously impressed with it, and their service (I have no connection to Diamond, other than as a very satisfied customer). I am grateful to Gateway2000 for selecting this card for their systems (I had expected to need to buy another SVGA board to get top-quality features). Tom Roberts att!ihlpl!tjrob TJROB@IHLPL.ATT.COM