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Re: Changing my S3 864 for a Trio 64: any difference??

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From: st... Steve
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 00:00
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On Sun, 07 Apr 1996 18:42:43 GMT, bob wrote:

>I am currently playing Duke 3D with a P66 8M and a S3 864 videocard.
>I get a 50f/s in VGA and only 12f/s in SVGA.
>My question:
>If  I replace my Vesa 1.2 864 by a Vesa 2.0 Trio 64, will I get a
>significant improvement???

You're kidding aren't you> ;-)  The Trio chipset is a pile of pants !
If you really want a Diamond Stealth 64, get one with the Vision
chipset.  They're twice as fast !  Oh, and I speak from experience of
both cards.

ttfn
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Subject: Re: Changing my S3 864 for a Trio 64: any difference??
Date: 1996/04/07
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