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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!kwan From: kwan@netcom.com (Kwan-Seng Low) Subject: Re: 928 chipset? was Re: What is the best VGA card for 386BSD??? Message-ID: <1992Nov20.181942.15615@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1992Nov19.093138.14545@netcom.com> <e8uv02mo2bc601@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1992Nov20.160442.11380@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:19:42 GMT Lines: 34 In article <1992Nov20.160442.11380@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: >In article <e8uv02mo2bc601@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> gab10@griffincd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning) writes: >>In article <1992Nov19.093138.14545@netcom.com>, hasty@netcom.com >>(Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: >> >>[ deleted ] >> >>> S3 chipsets come basically in three flavors: >>> (1) 911 slowest chipset >>> (2) 924 >>> (3) 801 fastest chipset >> >>Was there supposed to be a 928 model? or is this the 801 chipset mentioned >>above? >The 928 is going to be the fastest S3 chipset by a factor of >2x or 3x. Availability of 928 boards is going to be in January. > >You can get an 801 today. The cards are barely beginning to hit >the market. > >Amancio >> >>-- >>Gary Browning | Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a >> | great idea hits you, and just before you realize >> | what is wrong with it. > > VL local bus version of 801 will be shipping next week, according to Orchid. Would be interesting if someone could run bench mark on the VL version versus ISA version of the 801 to see VL really outperform the ISA... Kwan