In article <1992Jul16.110839@hammer.Prime.COM> cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) writes:

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>If you want a fast SVGA, go with an ET4000 based card.  Anywheres from
>~0 for a generic to ~0 for a brand name.  You can run X under LINUX
>today with an ET400 video card.

Great for Unix systems, but bad for OS/2.  As of now, the sVGA drivers
for ET4000 cards have bugs in them leading to lost synch signals, and
messed up DOS boxes.  Many bugs have been fixed, but there are still a
few out there.  Proper drivers should be around any day now...

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>If you want a graphics accelerator card (fast bitblits, hardware assisited
>line/polygon drawing, etc), get an S3 card.  The Diamond Stealth can be
>found for 9-9 if you look through the August Computer Shopper.  Try
>Micro-Pro.  X386 does not (yet?) support any S3 boards, but MS-Windows does.
>I'm not sure about OS/2.  I don't remember getting any OS/2 drivers from Diamond.
>Perhaps S3 has some?

As of now, there are no S3 drivers for OS/2.  I don't know when this
will change.

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>If you have the option, go local-bus!  Both the above should be available
>in local bus versions.  If you're buying (well, Rob, you sound like you weren't)
>a new mother board, make sure its got a VESA local bus with at least 2 local
>bus slots (One for video, one for IDE/TAPE controller).

A good idea for non-coprocessed cards.  If your card has a processor
on board (like 8514/a boards) then local bus may be a waste of money,
since you don't usually transfer enough data to those types of boards
to get a real speed advantage.
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