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From: hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Trident VS. STB
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.061803.13232@uwasa.fi>
Date: 18 Jun 91 06:18:03 GMT
References: <1991Jun15.022342.209@colorado.edu> <1991Jun15.190813.26882@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
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In article <1991Jun15.190813.26882@nntp-server.caltech.edu> nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu) writes:
>chuj@horton.colorado.edu (CHU JEFFREY) writes:
>
>>I just tried my new Trident SVGA 1MB card against my 1 year old STB
>>POWERGRAPH 1 MB card, the machine used is a 486-33,  application was
>>POWER METER (ver. ?).  The TRIDENT LOST, the most difference in the
>>test was the FILL which was 3 seconds apart.  PMUs, Trident was behind
>>by about 20 PMU from the STB.  I use the 640x480 16 color mode which was
>>the highest rez for the test.  I did this to decide where the card was
>>going to be placed, the Trident is now in my 286-16 and the STB will
>>remain in the 486-33.  I had also problems before with the TRIDENT
>>conflicting with the MICROSCIENCE 122meg RLL (customers machine).  If
>>you are deciding a STB or TRIDENT pick the STB card, never had any
>>problems with it.
>
>Total agreement here. Tseng4000 is simply a much better chipset
>than Trid8900. I'd go on and on here how much I need to replace
>my Trident card with a 4000, but i don't want to scare away potential
>suc(oops) buyers :-)

Come on. Please be more specific. What I have heard is that Trident is
totally  different  when it comes from  Taiwan or  US.  Also there are
many   and many  different  clones  of   Trident chip  set. Also  many
versions. Based  on this discussion we  can't  blame the whole Trident
chip set can we.


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