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Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM

The Stealth 64 VRAM was released in 1994 and was based around the S3 Vision964 graphics accelerator chipset.

Released 1994
Bus VESA Local Bus or PCI
Chipset S3 Vision964
Standards Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA
Memory 1 MB or 2 MB VRAM
Ports 15-pin DSUB (video out)
26-pin VGA Feature connector
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Price $399 (new)
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Competition

 

 

In the Media

"The $399 Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM PCI is engineered around the 64-bit S3 Vision964 chip, a Brooktree 485 RAMDAC, and 2MB of 60-ns VRAM (upgradable to 4 MB). The board worked flawlessly with the PC Labs WIndows mainstream usability tests. On our benchmark tests, it ranked consistently at or near the top in all Windows tests, and performed acceptably on the DOS tests.

Like its PCI sibling, the $399 Stealth 64 VRAM VLB ranked at or near the top on all Windows benchmarks. On our 66 MHz 486DX2 test platform , it could not keep up with required video refresh rates.

The $289 Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM PCI uses the Vision864 graphics engine, 2MB of 70-ns DRAM memory, and an inexpensive S3 SDAC RAMDAC.

The skinny, oblong Stealth64 DRAM VLB differs from its PCI sibling only in bus type. It ranked within 10 percent of the top boards, even VRAM VL-bus boards, on all benchmark tests.

The differences between DRAM- and VRAM-based graphics cards were apparent in two areas. The DRAM cards support lower maximum refresh rates, and their overall benchmark performance as a bit lower. If you have a monitor supporting ultra-high refresh rates beyond the VESA standard or you intend to use 16.7 million colors regularly, you would probably be better satisfied with a Stealth VRAM card."
PC Magazine, December 1994

 

 

Setting it Up

The Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM is fully PnP-compatible. No hardware configuration is required.


Downloads

Operation Manual
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Original Utility Disk
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DOS & Windows NT 3.1 Drivers
Version 2.00, 19th Aug 1995

S64DMODE.EXE and other DOS utilities, plus Windows NT 3.1 display drivers.

Windows 3.1 Drivers
Version 1.35, 1996

This version of drivers is only for cards with a video BIOS version 1.xx

Windows 3.1 Drivers
Version 1.37, 1996

This version of drivers is only for cards with a video BIOS version 2.xx

Windows 3.1 Drivers
Version 2.07

Dated 1996. Filename: S64D327A.EXE (1.2MB) and S64D327B.EXE (0.5MB)
This version of drivers is only for cards with a video BIOS version 3.xx

Windows 95 Drivers
Version 4.02.268, 7th May 1996

These are the Diamond GT Display Drivers for Windows 95. This version offers added performance in all resolutions and color depths, as well as InControl Tools 95 (version 4.02.147) productivity software.

OS/2 2.11 and Warp 3.0 Drivers
Version 2.02, 11th Dec 1995

This version of drivers is only for cards with a video BIOS version 3.xx

Windows NT 4.0 Drivers

Drivers for this card are included on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 distribution CD.

Video BIOS
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