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Article #19944

Re: 24 bit accelerator cards

#19944
From: djlewis
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:51
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In article <74324@cup.portal.com>, DonH@cup.portal.com (Don - Hirschfeld) writes:
> I would go for the Diamond Speedstar 24X which is faster and cheaper
> than the 1280 . You can get it for about $160. You have to consider also
> the speed of DOS operations. The 1280 was 50% slower than my cheapie
> SVGA with DOS. The 24X was 2x the speed of 1280.
Sounds like a good SVGA card if it out paces both the 1280 and the 24x. But 
then it seems with most cards that use an accelerator for windows forget all
about the need for fast dos.
Don Lewis
<djlewis@ualr.edu>
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Date: 25 Jan 93 16:51:41 GMT
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