Diamond Stealth II S220

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Diamond Stealth II S220 Part 3

Video Upgrade
1) First Things 2) Stealth II S 220 3) Performance	Part 1	Rendition Ready
4) 3D Performance 5) Overclocking 6) Game Sampler	Part 2
7) Installation 8) Reviews 9) Related Links	Part 3

Installation -

Disable Drivers

Open Display Control Panel
Select settings
Advanced properties
Change
Show all devices
Then scroll the left window and choose Standard Display types
Then select Standard Display Adapter (VGA) in the right window

The above wording is what worked on my OSR2 version of window, this is slightly different from the Diamond instruction given with the card. I suspect the diamond instructions are for a Windows 95a version. But I can not remember and I do not have a system I can check it out on.

Instal the Card -

Physically Installing Your Video Card

Instal Drivers -

Installing Windows 95 Drivers

What ended up happening is my drives were added when windows rebooted and found the new video card. I think by following there instructions it ended up installing the drivers to my cirrus logic video. These instructions are probably designed for system that do not have onboard video. Now my device manager has two lines for the Stealth II S220, one that is disabled.

The disabled the one I believe is the Cirrus Logic Chipset, but as long as it is disabled it is not doing anything.

Disable Onboard Video in Windows 95 -

I did notice that in the earliest Win 95 version that the red x does not appear for some people, the video apppently just has the yellow exclamation and the red x does not show up.

The first time I tried to boot the screen was black, I then examined the video card. I pushed on it in the PCI slot to make sure that it is in place. I re-tightened the cable and all, I started it back up and still nothing. It turned out I forgot to reconnect one of the cables. You would think I would know better, but hey easy mistake. Moral of my story, recheck everything again if you are having trouble.

Reviews -

Chip Designers Try Ambitious Architectures - 3-D engines lean on RISC
Diamond Stealth II - S220 - Reviewed by VorTech (Michael D. Shotter)
ZD Net Game Spot - Review of Stealth II S220
PC Games Magazine - Review of Stealth II S220
PC Magazine Online - Review of Diamond Video Cards

There are many other reviews that I read before I bought my Stealth II S220, however I am having trouble finding them. The bottom line in all the reviews is the Stealth II S220 gives you the most performance for the price, accelerating both your 2D and your 3D. The benchmarks for this card within an inch of a 3Dfx card.