Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!silver!ntaib From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) Subject: Re: Boca vs. ATI vs. Paradise? Message-ID: <1991Apr25.145801.4102@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington References: <1991Apr21.210738.10787@unlv.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 14:58:01 GMT Lines: 21 In article <1991Apr21.210738.10787@unlv.edu> whitney@reed.cs.unlv.edu (Lee Whitney) writes: >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. > Take a look at the ATI 8514 Ultra+. This is simply the best hardware assisted 1024x768x256 card on the market. It has VGA built in, comes with a mouse, supports 1024x768 non-interlaced, faster than almost any PC graphics on planet, and is one of the low >est priced cards of its kind. It also scales windows fonts in hardware (like Adobe Type Manager). > I have been using the ATI card under Windows and can attest to this first hand. > Claims were made according to the state of the PC graphics market on or before 4/21/91. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@AQUA.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------