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ArticlesGraphics Accelerator Ratings

February 1997 / BYTE Hardware Lab Report / Graphics Accelerator Ratings

Best Overall: VideoLogic GrafixStar 450 

There are many affordable 64-bit graphics accelerators, but few can
match the GrafixStar 450's combination of Windows graphics
acceleration and low price. Put simply: This is the lowest-priced
card we tested and it still has the best performance numbers running
NSTL's InterMark benchmark. The GrafixStar 450 uses the 64-bit S3
Virge accelerator chip with a built-in 3-D engine, and it supports up
to 4 MB of EDO DRAM. It also supports Microsoft's Direct3D API.
VideoLogic backs the GrafixStar 450 with a five-year warranty and a
technical support hotline.



Weightings


Performance     65%
Features        15%
Usability
        9%
Price            6%
Technology       5%


Ratings



                Price    Tech-   Imple-   Perfor-   Fea-   Usa-     OVERALL
                        nology   menta-    mance   tures  bility    RATING
                                 tion

VideoLogic      $149     ****    *****    *****     ****   ****      *****
 GrafixStar 450

ELSA Winner     $527     ****    ****     *****     ****   *****     ****
 3000-L

Hercules        $159     ****    ****     ****      ****   ***       ****
 Dynamite
 128/Video

Diamond         $299     ****    ***      ****      ****   ***       ****
 Stealth 3D
 3000XL

Matrox          $499     ****    ***      ****      ****   **        ****
 Millennium

Number Nine     $349     ****    ***      ****      ***    ***       ***
 Imagine 128
 Series 2e

ATI 3D          $219     ****    ****     ***       ****   ***       ***
 Xpression+
 PC2TV

STB Velocity    $299     ****    ****     ***       ****   ****      ***
 3D


Matrox Mystique $229     ****    ****     ***       ****   *****     ***

Koutech KW-546  $259     ****    ***      ***       ***    ***       ***

IMS Twin        $399     ****    **       ****      **     **        ***
 Turbo 128P4

Number Nine     $499     ****    ***      ***       ***    ***       ***
 Imagine 128
 Series 2

IMS Twin        $599     ****    **       ****      **     **        ***
 Turbo 128P8



Key

***** Outstanding
**** Very Good
*** Good
** Fair
* Poor

VideoLogic GrafixStar 450

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