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From: indra@brahms.amd.com (Indra Singhal)
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Subject: Re: Boca vs. ATI vs. Paradise? - try Diamond SpeedSTAR
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Date: 29 Apr 91 04:49:03 GMT
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hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) writes:

>The lastest issue of Info give SpeedStar a pretty low rating (7.2??).
>It also says that it *is not* the fastest! but with so many loyal users in
>the Net, i wonder if Info has some sort of conspiracy on this! :-)

I am using a SpeedStar and I wondered about the rating in Info World. I
called Diamond and gave them the bad news... nonetheless, look at the
benchmarks that INFO reports... they are basing their speed ratings
primarily on Autocad benchmarks. On the Windows benchmarks they use
applications like Excel and PowerPoint... those numbers are all within a
margin of error.

I have personally compared Trident and the Speedstar using the PC Mag
benchmarks... the Speedstar beats it HOLLOW!

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