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Re: How much faster will a Stealth II be than my old Cirrus-Logic card?

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From: No i se
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 00:00
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video Joe <Terri24-nospam-@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

) I'm always reading in comp.sys.ibm.pc.video about how sub-par the
) Stealth II's chipset is in 2D.

	The text mode and VGA (ModeX) performance is _poor_.  However,
	the SVGA and VESA modes and Windows 2D performance is pretty
	decent, matching as least that of Virge.

) 166MMX.  Will the frame rate in games like Quake (1.1) be
) significently higher in SVGA with the new card?  Thanks for any input.

	With Stealth II, you can enjoy the Verite native version or the
	OpenGL version.  There is no way that the software rendering
	version can compare with them.


Regards,
Nose

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