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From: mmitchel@msd.gatech.edu (Mark A. Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: MS-WINDOWS IN 1024x768 RESOLUTION
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Date: 20 Mar 90 14:02:48 GMT
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In article <327@spot.wbst128.xerox.com> tomer@rainbow.UUCP (Shmuel Tomer) writes:
>
>I am using an ATI-VGA Wonder card (in a Gateway 386/20 machine, 4MB
>RAM, 65 MB hdd). I have a serious performance problem when using
>Windows (either 286 or 386) in the 1024x768 mode, using the driver
>provided by ATI, revision 1.03. 
>
>Two operations in particular take unreasonable time. Moving a window
>around on the screen results in a VERY slow repainting of the
>window - this take between 10 to 30 (!) seconds. Scrolling a text
>editor (notepad, write etc.) by a single line, either using arrow keys
>or by clicking on the arrows in the scroll bar, is also VERY slow.
>
>Does anybody experience the same problems, or, better yet, does
>anybody know of a way to improve the situation? Any information will be
>appreciated.

I'm using a Video Seven VGA 1024i with Windows in 1024x768 resolution and
I don't experience these problems.  The redraw of moved windows, in fact,
is nearly imperceptable.  (My machine is comparable: Dell System 310, only
2 MB RAM.)  I am using Windows/286 rather than /386 because of some 
incompatibilities, but it would seem to me that this would make it slower if
it has any effect at all.  I have Windows/386 as well, so I'll try the same
operations with it when I get a chance.

If ATI says that this is normal performance, then they must be way behind
Video Seven. 

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