I have two boards that have ISA, PCI, and VESA on the same board. They have three PCI, four ISA, and one of the ISA is also a VLB. I love quirky variety systems like this, and would like to build a box from one of my boards here. I'd like it to be a higher-end 486 than my ValuePoint, as it seems to be lacking for some of the last few DOS games out there. Since this board likely supports Am5x86 properly (ValuePoint will only run it at 100mhz), I can get one running at 133 or maybe 166/180mhz.. theoretically it's possible that with the right board and cooling you could get 200-266mhz out of it. That should provide the processing power. What I was wondering is what to put in the VESA slot. Should I use it for video? It will be at least at 33mhz, possibly 40 or 50 depending on what the board allows me to do - if it goes up to 40 or 50 obviously it should be a bit quicker than PCI provided I'm using era-appropriate PCI cards. Assuming it sits at 33mhz though, is there any advantage to the VLB over PCI or vice versa? VLB has a unique connection to the 486 buses, so I was thinking it might perform better if both buses are operating at 33mhz.
Anybody know? Or shall I conduct experiments? xD
Anybody know? Or shall I conduct experiments? xD