Hi,
I figured I would post this so folks can have some comparison as to a Tseng ET4000 performance and how it compares against other cards...
I have a Tseng ET4000 W32p with 2MB VLB in my 486 DX5-133 with 128MB RAM and I get the following results with the X-VIdeo tests below.
640x480x8:0101 mode:
8-bit writes: 8,090 Kb/s
16-bit writes: 16,100 Kb/s
32-bit writes: 31,800 Kb/s
64-bit writes: 31,800 Kb/s
80-bit writes: 26,700 Kb/s
For Comparison to a person's earlier post regarding their "1mb Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428 VLB video card":
8-bit writes: 5,420 Kb/s
16-bit writes: 10,800 Kb/s
32-bit writes: 10,800 Kb/s
64-bit writes: 10,800 Kb/s
80-bit writes: 10,800 Kb/s
The et4000 to me appears to be almost 3x faster.
My 3dBench rating is 71.4.
To give you an idea of the game play performance, I can play Duke Nukem 3D at VESA 2.0 at 640x480 with smooth game play with no skipping frames. I can push it to VESA 2.0 to 800x600 but its not as smooth.
I have been assembling my 486 for the last 3 years and recently scored a Tseng ET4000 2mb VLB on ebay for a mere $50 US.
My 486 DREAM machine specs:
Asus PIV-486SP3 Socket 3 VLB+PCI Motherboard
AMD 486DX5-133MHz (P75) CPU Processor
128MB (2x64MB) Memory 8x32 72pin non-parity FPM 60ns RAM
Tseng ET4000 W32p 2MB VLB Video Card
Epson SD-800 Dual Floppy Drive 3.5” 5.25”
Gateway LKM-F934 LS-120 3.5” 1.44mb 120MB Super Disk
JAZ 2GB Drive Internal
IOMEGA 750MB Zip Drive Internal
Creative Encore MK5005 PC-DVD 8X Dxr3 CD-ROM
Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE32 CT2760 w/36MB RAM
Creative Modem Blaster v.90 56k Voice Data Fax Modem ISA
21” Mitsubishi DiamondPro 9ITXM Monitor RGB w/RGB Cables
Altec Lansing ACS-500 Series Dolby Surround Sound Speakers w/Subwoofer
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 20.1GB Hard Drive IDE
Western Digital 9.1GB SCSI 50-pin Hard Drive
3COM Etherlink 3C905B-TX ISA Network Adapter
Adaptec AVA-1515 SCSI Adapter (Bootable BIOS)
QuickShot Super Warrior Joystick QS-201 Controller
Panasonic KX-P2180 Color Dot Matrix Printer
Hewlett Packard 5100C Scanner
Microsoft Serial Mouse 2.0a
Windows PD Keyboard KBD-WIN95
And yes, it is connected to my home network and I can share files with my Windows 7 PC.
I even get Internet Access 😜