Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 11:22:09 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: rberndt@nething.com (Randy Berndt) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Diamond stealth 64 vram vs #9 motion 771 Message-ID: <199602230052.LAA20753@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <2.2.16.19960222143435.35875eca@nething.com> from "Randy Berndt" at Feb 22, 96 02:33:31 pm
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Randy Berndt stands accused of saying: > > Can anyone give me any kind of real-world comparison as far as speed and > feature differences between these cards. Looking at X, and maybe Win95. Cost They're basically the same thing with different labels on them. > seems to be about the same, both 2meg vram, I think both S3. So what is the > honest difference? Has diamond come around and given info to X? Diamond are indeed actively cooperating with the XFree people. > This will be used with an ASUS P55TP4XE, P120 or P133, and a Sony 17se > monitor. Win95 would be running 800x600, 24bpp, I don't know if X does that > or not. 800x600 on a 17"? You're mad! I run a #9 771 with 4M on a 17sf at 1280x1024 and 16bpp. Anyway, either would be fine; my personal preference is the #9 card, but whichever is cheaper will do you fine. > Randy Berndt <rberndt@nething.com> -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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