rec.autos.simulators

by **Dewi Danie** » Sat, 07 Sep 1996 04:00:00

Having just upgraded to an IBM 166+, I'm now looking for a PCI video
card to replace my ISA card (don't laugh!). I'm considering the Matrox
Millennium, Videologic Grafixstar 600, and the Diamond Stealth 3D.
Which one would give me the best frame rate in GP2? The Diamond
Stealth 3D seems to offer comparable performance to the Matrox and the
Videologic at half the price -- it's got to be too good to be true,
hasn't it (or do you know different)?
--
Dewi Daniels
Guildford, England

by **David Mast** » Sun, 08 Sep 1996 04:00:00

>Having just upgraded to an IBM 166+, I'm now looking for a PCI video
>card to replace my ISA card (don't laugh!). I'm considering the Matrox
>Millennium, Videologic Grafixstar 600, and the Diamond Stealth 3D.
>Which one would give me the best frame rate in GP2? The Diamond
>Stealth 3D seems to offer comparable performance to the Matrox and the
>Videologic at half the price -- it's got to be too good to be true,
>hasn't it (or do you know different)?

I tested 3 popular cards:
Diamond Stealth Video (2MB DRAM, formerly Diamond Stealth64)
Matrox Millenium (2MB WRAM)
STB Lightspeed 128 (ET6000, 2.25MB MDRAM or somesuch)

Bottom line: they performed almost identically in *DOS* games. Perhaps a
*slight* edge to the ET6000 card (about 2-5%). They show huge differences in
some benchmarks, but who really cares? I'd say: get a cheap PCI card for now
(s3 based ones can be had for well under $100, even with 2MB), see who wins the
3D wars (I've heard good things about the Voodoo chip), then upgrade.

by **color..** » Sun, 08 Sep 1996 04:00:00

>Having just upgraded to an IBM 166+, I'm now looking for a PCI video
>card to replace my ISA card (don't laugh!). I'm considering the Matrox
>Millennium, Videologic Grafixstar 600, and the Diamond Stealth 3D.
>Which one would give me the best frame rate in GP2? The Diamond
>Stealth 3D seems to offer comparable performance to the Matrox and the
>Videologic at half the price -- it's got to be too good to be true,
>hasn't it (or do you know different)?
>--
>Dewi Daniels
>Guildford, England

I don't think GP2 is designed to take advantage of these new 3D cards, so
it might be just the same speed as a regular vga card - but they are a
next generation of cards, so maybe there is some improvement in graphic
speed. I have a Diamond Stealth Video 64 card, which is old but very
quick. GP2 is fairly smooth with most detail options on (not clouds) in
SVGA, and I don't have one of these super-quick PCs either.

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