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Author Topic: Diamond SpeedSTAR 24 (199?) 16bit ISA Graphics - based on ET4000AX chipset  (Read 4039 times)

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Diamond Speedstar?
The Diamond Speedstar 24X has the Western Digital "WD90C31" chipset.
http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/news/item/552-diamond-speedstar-24-tseng-et4000ax

http://www.dmmdownload.com/downloads/LEGACY/GRAPHICS/DIAMOND_SPEEDSTAR_VGA_WIN_31_DRIVER.exe
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1) This package contains various things, including a Windows 3 driver. When you install it, you can choose between the Speedstar driver (max resolution choice of 1024x768x16), and something called a Turbo driver. The Turbo driver gives you the extra choice of 1024x768x256 colours. I wonder if this is because the card has extra RAM added to the RAM sockets? I wonder why they call it a turbo driver? Forgive my ignorance, but I think this card has no 2D acceleration. If that is correct, then there's nothing "turbo" about this Windows driver. I ran WinTune 2.0 for Windows 3, and it was terribly slow.



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other cards by Diamond:
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2017, 06:56:50 PM »
powered by TSENG:
SpeedStar VGA: Tseng(ET4000) chipset and Music DAC
SpeedStar High Color: Tseng(ET4000) chipset and Sierra DAC
SpeedStar 24: Tseng(ET4000) chipset and Diamond(SS2410) DAC
SpeedStar 24X: Western Digital(WD90C31) chipset and Diamond(SS2410) DAC

powered by S3:
Stealth Vram: S3(P86C911) chipset and Diamond(SS2410) DAC
Stealth 24 ISA: S3(P86C801) chipset and Diamond(SS2410) DAC
Stealth Pro ISA: S3(P86C928) chipset and Diamond(SS2410) DAC
Stealth 24 VLB: S3(P86C805) chipset and Diamond(SS2410) DAC
Stealth Pro VLB: S3(P86C928) chipset and Diamond(SS2410) DAC

powered by CirrusLogic
SpeedStar Pro ISA: Cirrus Logic chipset
SpeedStar Pro VLB: Cirrus Logic chipset

misc:
Viper VLB 1/2 MB: Weitek(P9000) chipset and Bt(485KPJ110) DAC