First post, by noshutdown
now i also have a small bunch of isa video cards, including:
stb cirrus5434 2mb(0wait)
gainward cirrus5429 2mb(0wait jumper omitted, may solder one someday)
ati mach64 dram 2mb(not sure if its 0wait)
ati 28800 wonder xl 1mb(not sure if its 0wait)
everex et4000ax vram 1mb(no 0wait, 256colors only)
generic et4000ax 1mb(no 0wait, 256colors only)
generic et4000ax 1mb(0wait and truecolor)
generic et3000 512kb
isa8bit et3000 with tvout 512kb(component blew up at power on, looking for repairman)
trident8900d 1mb(0wait)
trident8900c 1mb(no 0wait)
umc85c408 1mb(no 0wait)
oak037 256kb
ibm vga 256kb
cards just bought and waiting for arrival:
generic cirrus5424 1mb(0wait)
generic cirrus5426 1mb(0wait)
realtek3105 512kb
chips 82c450 512kb
cards that i am considering to buy and add to the test:
wd90c31, expected to be a match for the 5429
cirrus5401/avga1, fastest 256kb card
and some cards that i hoped to get, but couldn't:
s3 911/928/805
ati18800
i am going to test them on a umc8881+amd5x86-133 platform. the fastest isa platform that i have is 440bx+pentium3-1.1ghz, which is a lot faster, but i am too lazy to set it up, amd5x86 is a reasonable match for the isa cards anyway.
the purpose of test is to show the overall difference between cards, including both raw performance(d0s) and acceleration(windows9x).
the tests that i choose:
dos:
diag4.61
snoop
x-vesa
3dbench
pcpbench
chris3d
doom shareware
quake
windows:
wintach
wintune(video only)
toms2d
xing mpeg player
dos tests other than x-vesa would be run in vga mode 13h.
x-vesa and windows tests would be run with both 640*480*8bpp and 800*600*16bpp(for those with hicolor support).
do you think these tests would be representative enough, or that i should add and remove something?