First post, by Anonymous Coward
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I'm mostly a VLB guy, but soon I will assemble a PCI 486 and want to do it right the first time.
From reading the many posts on here about this topic, I come to the conclusion that either a Trio64V+ or a Virge card of some sort is the way to go? Speed of course is a priority, but compatibility is also high up on the list. In particular, I want something with both fast DOS performance and good Windows 3.1 drivers.
Of the Trio64V+, Virge 325, Virge DX, VX or GX variants, is there one that is better than the others? I noticed there are also at least 2 or 3 different memory types available: DRAM,EDO and SGRAM. Do any of these offer performance benefits?
4MB seems common. Is it possible to get 8MB on the Virge GX chip? Is the GX2 any good?
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