CompuServe Messages

I'm gonna have to jump in here, Marion, and let you know that the statement concerning the Viper VLB's reputation for being "DOS challenged" is just not true, now that the final tests are in. The Game company I am working for has a couple of *very* good tech-types and one of their jobs is testing hardware for performance/ability. In *every* DOS test they threw at it, the Viper came through most admirably, equaling the DOS speed of the ET4000 chip set. Add to this _many_ hours of my own experience with the board, after *years* of experience in DOS with a ET4000 board, and I can tell you that I am running just as fast, or faster, in DOS than ever. I realize that it has been published that the P9000 was not a DOS screamer, but I can tell you that it is just not true, at least on my system, and everyone else's system I know using the VVLB. Sometimes, as you know, these published benchmarks can be a little off at times, I think this is one of those times. Not to take anything away from the Matrox board, as it is really something, albiet quite expensive. Just wanted to let people know my recent experiences regarding this issue. I wouldn't want anyone to turn their backs on the VVLB just because they feel it would render their system a DOS slug, because it won't. Regards, -Alan Iglesias