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/secResolution : 640 x 480, 4 Bits/PixelVideo Driver ID: VGAwindow open: 0.032 Secondstext scroll: 5.097 Secondsline and curve drawing: 19.605 Secondsfilled objects: 3.738 Secondscolor display: 2.094 Secondswindow close: 0.397 SecondsVIDEO DETAILS:Video Speed: 815 KPixel/secResolution : 640 x 480, 4 Bits/PixelVideo Driver ID: * CHIPS 655XX-Linear 640x480x16window open: 0.332 Secondstext scroll: 8.354 Secondsline and curve drawing: 20.602 Secondsfilled objects: 2.703 Secondscolor display: 1.874 Secondswindow close: 0.766 SecondsVIDEO DETAILS:Video Speed: 1773 KPixel/secResolution : 800 x 600, 8 Bits/PixelVideo Driver ID: PowerWindow 800x 600 256 colors Small fontswindow open: 0.514 Secondstext scroll: 1.049 Secondsline and curve drawing: 8.732 Secondsfilled objects: 1.047 Secondscolor display: 6.659 Secondswindow close: 3.689 Seconds
WindSock 3.30 Performance Test ResultsSystem Name: VGA driverTest Conducted at 11:27:41 on 1/19/112Processor: 486SX/33System Inf: Phoenix, PhoenixVideo Inf: , , ,Size: 640x480 Colors: 16Driver: VGAName: VGAiCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 134 32, Float (8%) 133 96,Int 32 (25%) 90 47WindSock: 26Video Components: Word Processing 113, SpreadSheets 133,CAD 143, Paint/Draw 133Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,Size Index 172Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory OverallDOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 250 121 66 140 168-----------------------------------------------------------------------------WindSock 3.30 Performance Test ResultsSystem Name: CT linear4Test Conducted at 11:43:09 on 1/19/112Processor: 486SX/33System Inf: Phoenix, PhoenixVideo Inf: , , ,Size: 640x480 Colors: 16Driver: LINEAR4Name: * CHIPS 655XX-Linear 640x480x16iCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 135 32, Float (8%) 133 96,Int 32 (25%) 90 48WindSock: 26Video Components: Word Processing 97, SpreadSheets 139,CAD 261, Paint/Draw 139Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,Size Index 172Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory OverallDOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 250 125 0 0 0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------WindSock 3.30 Performance Test ResultsSystem Name: T64V 640x480 256Test Conducted at 12:32:11 on 1/19/112Processor: 486SX/33System Inf: Phoenix, PhoenixVideo Inf: , , ,Size: 640x480 Colors: 256Driver: ST08CName: PowerWindow 640x 480 256 coloiCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 133 32, Float (8%) 129 99,Int 32 (25%) 106 40WindSock: 26Video Components: Word Processing 240, SpreadSheets 441,CAD 939, Paint/Draw 441Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,Size Index 172Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory OverallDOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 250 391 0 0 0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
WindSock 3.30 Performance Test ResultsSystem Name: T64V 640x480 32KTest Conducted at 12:37:21 on 1/19/112Processor: 486SX/33System Inf: Phoenix, PhoenixVideo Inf: , , ,Size: 640x480 Colors: 4096Driver: ST15CName: PowerWindow 640x 480 32K coloiCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 135 32, Float (8%) 130 98,Int 32 (25%) 85 50WindSock: 27Video Components: Word Processing 228, SpreadSheets 424,CAD 916, Paint/Draw 424Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,Size Index 172Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory OverallDOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 252 375 0 0 0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------WindSock 3.30 Performance Test ResultsSystem Name: T64V 640x480 64KTest Conducted at 12:45:36 on 1/19/112Processor: 486SX/33System Inf: Phoenix, PhoenixVideo Inf: , , ,Size: 640x480 Colors: 4096Driver: ST16CName: PowerWindow 640x 480 64K coloiCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 130 33, Float (8%) 128 101,Int 32 (25%) 105 41WindSock: 27Video Components: Word Processing 234, SpreadSheets 428,CAD 921, Paint/Draw 428Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,Size Index 172Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory OverallDOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 252 380 0 0 0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------WindSock 3.30 Performance Test ResultsSystem Name: T64V 640x480 16MTest Conducted at 12:54:28 on 1/19/112Processor: 486SX/33System Inf: Phoenix, PhoenixVideo Inf: , , ,Size: 640x480 Colors: 4096Driver: ST32CName: PowerWindow 640x 480 16M coloiCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 133 32, Float (8%) 132 97,Int 32 (25%) 92 47WindSock: 27Video Components: Word Processing 225, SpreadSheets 414,CAD 916, Paint/Draw 414Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,Size Index 172Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory OverallDOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 252 366 0 0 0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------WindSock 3.30 Performance Test ResultsSystem Name: T64V 800x600Test Conducted at 12:06:50 on 1/19/112Processor: 486SX/33System Inf: Phoenix, PhoenixVideo Inf: , , ,Size: 800x600 Colors: 256Driver: ST08CName: PowerWindow 800x 600 256 coloiCOMP: Int 16 (67%) 129 33, Float (8%) 128 100,Int 32 (25%) 104 41WindSock: 26Video Components: Word Processing 237, SpreadSheets 438,CAD 928, Paint/Draw 438Memory: Base 640KB, Extended 7168KB,Size Index 172Environment: Windows 3.10 Enhanced Mode CPU Video Disk Memory OverallDOS 6.22 Swapfile Active 252 387 0 0 0