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Subject: re: WINBENCH 3.11 help -- graphics comparison?!?
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Date: 5 Apr 1993 22:53:37 GMT
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In article <C4zoGD.C56@news.udel.edu> swyatt@bach.udel.edu (Stephen L Wyatt) writes:
>I have a question about WINBENCH (pc labs thing) 3.11..
>
>I have a 386/33 and a Ahead B (512k) card and got these results-
>
>windows vga driver - 2.44 million
>ahead B (640-480-256) driver - 455,000 winmarks
>windows svga (800-600-16) driver - 1.68 million winmarks...
>
>I was thinking about upgrading to a diamond 24x card.. I read it had about
>8 million winmark..
>
>obviously this is MUCH MUCH greater... but is this in 256-color mode or what?
>is this a good card...street price is about $170...

On my 386dx 33Mhz 4Mb RAM
Winbench 2.5
 24x v2.02 16.7M        1,668,274
     v2.03 16.7M        1,668,985
     v2.03 16           4,602,428
     v2.03 256          7,635,278
Richard Mayston
maystonr@grace.cri.nz
