From: hideki@isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp (YOSHIDA Hideki) Subject: Re: Farenheit Discontinued - BUY NOW!!! Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 04:29:14 GMT
>>>>> On 16 Apr 93 10:46:36 GMT, mark-r@spec0.ee.man.ac.uk (Mark
Robinson) said:
> When I went to but an Orchid Farenheit 1280 card to replace my Trident,
> the dealer told me that this card had been discontinued in favour of
> the VA version. He then went on to say that he still had a few left,
> but that they are as rare as hens teeth and I should buy one now, as
> they are faster than the VA. Since fast video is more important than
> the gimmicky VA, and I wasn't sure if XS3 could take advantage of
> the VA feature (or even drive the card) so I bought the 1280.
>
> OK, the questions are:
>
> 1. Was the dealer just trying to shift the last of his 1280s to some mug,
> or are they genuinely faster (it would seem logical since the 1280
> has VRAM but the VA ordinary DRAM).
I have seen several benchmark results that say VA is faster than
normal Fahrenheit 1280.
Fahrenheit 1280 Plus is another choice --- it has no voice support,
but is said to be as fast as VA.