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Anonymous Coward
Joined: 20 Nov 2004
Posts: 589
Location: Shandong, China
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Mon May 14, 2007 4:28 pm |
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I just got my hands on a Hercules Graphite Terminator DRAM 2meg version for the VL Bus. It is equipped with the S3 86c764 aka "Trio64". I had heard that this card had great DOS performance...comparable to ET4000W32P. But, so far I am greatly unimpressed. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong, but my Mach64 VRAM VLB seems to be faster (at least in most DOS modes). I haven't tested Windows graphics performance yet as I didn't get a driver disc with this card. Is there a substantial performance improvement with the Trio64V+ cards? |
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Unknown_K
Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Posts: 264
Location: Ohio/USA
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Mon May 14, 2007 5:42 pm |
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Which modes are you talking about? I think the et4000w32p was very fast in standard VGA, the later DOS games used VESA modes that the later S3 chipsets were very good at (quake etc). What are you using for a benchmark? |
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Anonymous Coward
Joined: 20 Nov 2004
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Location: Shandong, China
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Mon May 14, 2007 7:28 pm |
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I am using some DOS 4GW VESA games as my benchmark. I found the Tseng to be very fast, the Mach64 to be average, and the Trio64 to be a little worse than the Mach64. Though, having read that the Trio64 is supposed to be about on par with an ET4000W32P, I am a little unimpressed. |
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Unknown_K
Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Posts: 264
Location: Ohio/USA
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Mon May 14, 2007 10:00 pm |
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I like the et4000 VLB cards for DOS gaming, they have the best support. For PCI DOS cards I have a 4MB Tseng et6000 and a Nvidia Riva 128. |
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