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Thomas (thomas@interactive.net) wrote:
: It will be a lot faster.  When people say its 2d is poor they mean it is
: poor compared to the Millenium, Mystique, Revolution, Xpert@Play, etc.  Not
: the old cards.  It will blow away your Cirrus card in every aspect.

...In every aspect except DOS VGA/ModeX performance.  I used to have an
old Cirrus GD-5428VLB, and VIDSPEED4 rated its MCGA (320x200) performance
at 11MB/s.  By comparison , my StealthII scores 5MB/s, putting it right
up their with the Trident 8900 and Oak 512k VGA boards!

Not to knock the StealthII, it's an awesome 3D-bargain at $99 (after
rebate), but its VGA performance is *poor*

(Like others have said, SVGA/VESA performance is roughly comparable to the
Virge, Matrox, etc..)

: Joe wrote in message <6a8rrr$9lh@mtinsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
: >I am presently using a Cirrus-Logic 1 meg PCI card (CL543X).  Was
: >wondering if the speed increase will be subtantial in Windows 95 if I
: >were to purchase a Stealth II.  I'm always reading in
: >comp.sys.ibm.pc.video about how sub-par the Stealth II's chipset is in
: >2D.  My system is a Shuttle HOT-569 motherboard w/ an Intel Pentium
: >166MMX.  Will the frame rate in games like Quake (1.1) be
: >significently higher in SVGA with the new card?  Thanks for any input.