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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: SUMMARY:  486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long)
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References: <21k903$3q4@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> <HPASANEN.93Jul12090722@cardhu.cs.hut.fi>
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 07:48:20 GMT
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In article <HPASANEN.93Jul12090722@cardhu.cs.hut.fi> hpasanen@cs.hut.fi (Harri Pasanen) writes:
>In article <21k903$3q4@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> metcalf@CATFISH.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris Metcalf) writes:
>
>

>	   upgrade to Diamond SpeedStar Pro		  $86
>
>
>This upgrade to Diamond SpeedStar Pro seems questionable--I think
>Xfree86 team does not support the Diamond cards?
>

XS3 does not support Diamond cards and it appears that for a few
more dollars an S3 924 or an S3 801 would give the system
great graphic's performance. At least with an S3 801 you will
have better performance than a sparc 2. If you opt for an et4000
based card such as the Diamond SpeedStar Pro you will have about
1/8 or less the performance of an S3 801 in the suggested CPU
configuration. Then again, with the Diamond cards you will have
a tough time with just about any PD X server.

	My two pennies :-)
	Amancio


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