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echo: locsysop
to: Bill Grimsley
from: Brenton Vettoretti
date: 1994-08-05 11:22:00
subject: Diamond Stealth Video Car

Hi Bill,

BG> In case you missed this, I have forwarded it to TML, as I believe that
BG> you were running one of these video cards at one stage...

No, I didn't miss it. I just didn't want to reply to it. :)

BG> Does anybody else run a Diamond Stealth ISA 1Mb VRAM Graphics
BG> Accelerator card, based on the S3 chipset, either under Windows
BG> or OS/2 ??  I'm picking

The short answer to your question is that I have not used the ISA
version of the card. I have had a Diamond SpeedStar-24x based on the
WD chipset, an ISA card. It was okay but the drivers were SHIT.

I have also had the Diamond Stealth Pro, based on the S3 928 chip
which was a VLB card. The board was okay but the drivers were SHIT.

I have also used a Yum-Cha S3 card based on the 805 chip. This is
the VLB version and it's mate for the ISA bus is the 801 chip. This
card was excellent value for money although the video signal could
have been a bit cleaner. The drivers were great though.

My current video card is a Diamond Stealth 64. This is a VLB card
based on the S3 964 or "Vision" chip. The board runs fine and the
drivers are okay, but not great.

Would I recommend a Diamond Video card to anyone ???
Depends on wether I'm selling mine or not :)

Regards, Brenton

PS. You should be okay with the ISA card though. Especially if the
    price is right and you can find some "generic" drivers for it.
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