[rescue] Vesa Local Bus video cards

Mon Mar 31 14:54:09 CST 2003

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:49:18PM -0500, Kevin Loch wrote:
> Kevin wrote:
> > I paid like $350 for a 2meg VLB Diamond Viper, but that was
> > probably much later than you guys are referring to. 
> > Probably around August/September 1993. Still have that card
> > working in my 66.
> > 
> > Wasn't VLB faster in some tests than the first gen PCI stuff
> > was?
> > 
> 
> Yes, VLB could run at 40MHz (on a dx2-80 or 120)
> but pci maxed out at 33MHz.  VLB also
> probably had lower latency since there was
> no controller interface?

Didn't VLB also run at 50mhz on DX50 machines?