So my 486 right now is using a Trident 8900c Isa card, I'd like better performance for games like Doom and wold3d so I'm planning to get a dx2 66 later, but I know my video card is better suited for my 386sx. So what is recommended, in my price range I see tridents and s3 805s. I've got a 50 dollar budget for the card according to the wife.
Keep an eye out for the Cirrus Logic ones, especially the 5428 and the 5429. I see you're based in the USA and I don't know about the availability there, but here in Europe they're pretty common.
The Trident 9400 and 9440 VLB cards look like they are going for around $35 on eBay.
If all you want is to play games DOOM and similar games then a piece of good news is that VLB card type doesn't matter. They are all very close to each other.
I'd take a S3 805 if you can see one.
I have about 8 VLB cards, and they're all within 5% of each other in Superscape and Doom realtics benches.
The Cirrus 5426 is actually faster than the two 5428 cards I have.
You can get NOS 5426 and S3 805 for $40-$50 before shipping.
Cool I'll look for one or the other then send this Trident to the 386sx where it's likely a better match
Is there any reason not to get a Trident 9440?
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If all you want is to play games DOOM and similar games
There's no similar to Doom games though, because they all use different approach to rendering.
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Anonymous Coward wrote on 2020-06-08, 07:40:Is there any reason not to get a Trident 9440?
No. The TGUI 94xx VLB is actually faster than many of the S3 cards.
My slight preference for S3 805 is that given a plethora of Trident chips variants you could get a bad apple (as some are passive cards without acceleration if you care about that). TGUI944x should be fine though.
I doubt any Trident is much faster in DOS than average S3 805 given by tiny differences between VLB cards in general.
Cards I tested:
https://dependency-injection.com/vlb-vga-group-test/
Need to get a Trident for my review.
so i grabbed a Trident PM-V513, it was the cheapest option and it says on the vogons wiki that it is a 9440 card so this will do fine right?
