Running benchmarks shows small differences yes, though how noticeable may depend on other system factors like CPU... I have only ran these tests on a 386. A 486 may give greater gain, more noticeable difference though I doubt not by too much.

I have around eight EISA graphics cards and benched them together if it is of interest: -

EISA Graphics card benchmark results

The Compaq cards ran really well in DOS and were great for Doom I recall.

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Running benchmarks shows small differences yes, though how noticeable may depend on other system factors like CPU... I have only ran these tests on a 386. A 486 may give greater gain, more noticeable difference though I doubt not by too much.

I have around eight EISA graphics cards and benched them together if it is of interest: -

EISA Graphics card benchmark results

The Compaq cards ran really well in DOS and were great for Doom I recall.

Thanks. I didn't even know that eisa were used with 386. I always thought they were a 486 thing like vlb.

I own a Compaq 486 33Mhz System with EISA, it runs Doom like Hell.
I can make Benchmarks for comparision.

EISA has more bandwith, you will get roughly 20mb/s in real world.

Post some scores Matze.

I am curious too. I have a 486 33mhz too and would like to know how many realtics you get with the eisa card at full screen benchmark.