First post, by lolo799
The topic would be very short if it covered only graphic cards, so I'll add MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 hardware decoding cards as well, it seems to be relevant enough...
There are 3 different type of graphic cards here, PCMCIA 16-bit, Cardbus 32-bit, and cards for PocketPC/Palmtops, I'll mention the latter but they are not compatible with x86 laptops.
So, the only PCMCIA graphic card I know of is the Canopus PowerWindow T64V Card, powered by a S3 Trio64V+ and 2MB of RAM.
It has drivers for Win3.x and Win9x.
Website: https://web.archive.org/web/19970522083958fw_ … og/webt64cd.htm
Drivers: https://web.archive.org/web/20020214180356/ht … /pwt64vcard.htm
It's important to note that it doesn't work in DOS, the card gets activated by a driver in the autoexec.bat, but the video out displays nothing before Windows is loaded, and at that point the main screen remains blank.
The memory check utility is a DOS program that displays patterns of colours on the screen connected to the T64C, so there might be a way to send all the video data to the card...
I did benchmarks on an AST700N with a 486SX33, 8MB of RAM, and a C&T65530, testing the default VGA driver, the C&T driver and the Canopus T64C with WinTU, WindSock 3.30 and Speedy.
VIDEO DETAILS:
Video Speed: 920 KPixel/sec
Resolution : 640 x 480, 4 Bits/Pixel
Video Driver ID: VGA
window open: 0.032 Seconds
text scroll: 5.097 Seconds
line and curve drawing: 19.605 Seconds
filled objects: 3.738 Seconds
color display: 2.094 Seconds
window close: 0.397 Seconds
VIDEO DETAILS:
Video Speed: 815 KPixel/sec
Resolution : 640 x 480, 4 Bits/Pixel
Video Driver ID: * CHIPS 655XX-Linear 640x480x16
window open: 0.332 Seconds
text scroll: 8.354 Seconds
line and curve drawing: 20.602 Seconds
filled objects: 2.703 Seconds
color display: 1.874 Seconds
window close: 0.766 Seconds
VIDEO DETAILS:
Video Speed: 1773 KPixel/sec
Resolution : 800 x 600, 8 Bits/Pixel
Video Driver ID: PowerWindow 800x 600 256 colors Small fonts
window open: 0.514 Seconds
text scroll: 1.049 Seconds
line and curve drawing: 8.732 Seconds
filled objects: 1.047 Seconds
color display: 6.659 Seconds
window close: 3.689 Seconds
WindSock 3.30 Performance Test Results
System Name: VGA driver
Test Conducted at 11:27:41 on 1/19/112
Processor: 486SX/33
System Inf: Phoenix, Phoenix
Video Inf: , , ,
Size: 640x480 Colors: 16
Driver: VGA
Name: VGA
iCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 134 32, Float (8%) 133 96,
Int 32 (25%) 90 47
WindSock: 26
Video Components: Word Processing 113, SpreadSheets 133,
CAD 143, Paint/Draw 133
Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,
Size Index 172
Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory Overall
DOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 250 121 66 140 168
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WindSock 3.30 Performance Test Results
System Name: CT linear4
Test Conducted at 11:43:09 on 1/19/112
Processor: 486SX/33
System Inf: Phoenix, Phoenix
Video Inf: , , ,
Size: 640x480 Colors: 16
Driver: LINEAR4
Name: * CHIPS 655XX-Linear 640x480x16
iCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 135 32, Float (8%) 133 96,
Int 32 (25%) 90 48
WindSock: 26
Video Components: Word Processing 97, SpreadSheets 139,
CAD 261, Paint/Draw 139
Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,
Size Index 172
Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory Overall
DOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 250 125 0 0 0
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WindSock 3.30 Performance Test Results
System Name: T64V 640x480 256
Test Conducted at 12:32:11 on 1/19/112
Processor: 486SX/33
System Inf: Phoenix, Phoenix
Video Inf: , , ,
Size: 640x480 Colors: 256
Driver: ST08C
Name: PowerWindow 640x 480 256 colo
iCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 133 32, Float (8%) 129 99,
Int 32 (25%) 106 40
WindSock: 26
Video Components: Word Processing 240, SpreadSheets 441,
CAD 939, Paint/Draw 441
Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,
Size Index 172
Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory Overall
DOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 250 391 0 0 0
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WindSock 3.30 Performance Test Results
System Name: T64V 640x480 32K
Test Conducted at 12:37:21 on 1/19/112
Processor: 486SX/33
System Inf: Phoenix, Phoenix
Video Inf: , , ,
Size: 640x480 Colors: 4096
Driver: ST15C
Name: PowerWindow 640x 480 32K colo
iCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 135 32, Float (8%) 130 98,
Int 32 (25%) 85 50
WindSock: 27
Video Components: Word Processing 228, SpreadSheets 424,
CAD 916, Paint/Draw 424
Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,
Size Index 172
Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory Overall
DOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 252 375 0 0 0
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WindSock 3.30 Performance Test Results
System Name: T64V 640x480 64K
Test Conducted at 12:45:36 on 1/19/112
Processor: 486SX/33
System Inf: Phoenix, Phoenix
Video Inf: , , ,
Size: 640x480 Colors: 4096
Driver: ST16C
Name: PowerWindow 640x 480 64K colo
iCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 130 33, Float (8%) 128 101,
Int 32 (25%) 105 41
WindSock: 27
Video Components: Word Processing 234, SpreadSheets 428,
CAD 921, Paint/Draw 428
Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,
Size Index 172
Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory Overall
DOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 252 380 0 0 0
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WindSock 3.30 Performance Test Results
System Name: T64V 640x480 16M
Test Conducted at 12:54:28 on 1/19/112
Processor: 486SX/33
System Inf: Phoenix, Phoenix
Video Inf: , , ,
Size: 640x480 Colors: 4096
Driver: ST32C
Name: PowerWindow 640x 480 16M colo
iCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 133 32, Float (8%) 132 97,
Int 32 (25%) 92 47
WindSock: 27
Video Components: Word Processing 225, SpreadSheets 414,
CAD 916, Paint/Draw 414
Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,
Size Index 172
Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory Overall
DOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 252 366 0 0 0
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WindSock 3.30 Performance Test Results
System Name: T64V 800x600
Test Conducted at 12:06:50 on 1/19/112
Processor: 486SX/33
System Inf: Phoenix, Phoenix
Video Inf: , , ,
Size: 800x600 Colors: 256
Driver: ST08C
Name: PowerWindow 800x 600 256 colo
iCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 129 33, Float (8%) 128 100,
Int 32 (25%) 104 41
WindSock: 26
Video Components: Word Processing 237, SpreadSheets 438,
CAD 928, Paint/Draw 438
Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,
Size Index 172
Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory Overall
DOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 252 387 0 0 0