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From: goris@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Andy Goris)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Re: Has anyone used a NEC-4D with Win3.0 and 1024x768?
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Date: 14 May 91 15:01:05 GMT
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I Have a 4D used with a Diamond Speedstar+ (Tseng-4000 based) SVGA in
1024x768 mode and I love it.  There is a tiny click, as mentioned, when
switching from DOS applications to hi-res mode, but on my 4D it's really
unnoticeable.  The 4D is crisp, and the digital storage of screen sizes
is excellent - you can freely switch between different resolutions without
ever readjusting the horizontal and vertical size and positions.   I use
1024x768 non-interlaced almost exclusively.

I've seen them priced from $940 to $1150 mail-order, but a review ~three months
ago in one of the PC magazines said you can get them for $800 (I don't 
beleive it).

There is one problem I've had, and that is scrolling performance when running
DOS in a window, or when running the terminal emulator that comes with
Windows 3.0.  It's annoyingly slow.  I don't know if this is because of the
BIOS drivers that Diamond ships, or what --- everyone always says such
good things about the Tseng chip set that I would suspect this to be a
driver problem, not a hardware problem.

I'll be calling Diamond sometime this week to see what they say.  Other
than that, I've been very happy with the card and NEC 4D.  

Andy Goris           goris@hpfclm.hp.com