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From: pburke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Peter Burke, MIC, 263-7744)
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Subject: Re: Boca vs. ATI vs. Paradise? - try Diamond SpeedSTAR
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.202230.3518@macc.wisc.edu>
Date: 23 Apr 91 20:11:25 GMT
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In article <1991Apr23.142322.27048@cbnewsc.att.com>, tjr@cbnewsc.att.com (thomas.j.roberts) writes...
> 
>... 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).
> 

I can support this statement. Among the 20 PCs we have in our showroom 
for campus sales the best video performance is clearly on the (locally 
built) machine that sports a Diamond Speedstar card. It clearly 
outperforms IBM's 8514A in the high resolution modes, just as it runs 
circles around the Prodesigner II. I cannot understand the recent test 
results in PC Week - all other tests showed that the Speedstar war far 
better than the competition (even co-processed cards).