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From: brianf@umd5.umd.edu (Brian Farmer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Window Graphics
Keywords: Will Math Coprocessor help?
Message-ID: <6860@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 11 Jul 90 14:33:20 GMT
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In article <4937@milton.u.washington.edu> yjkim@milton.u.washington.edu (Yong Kim) writes:
>I am wondering whether the graphical display will fly with the help of
>Math coprocessor.  Screen updates and drawing graphical image will
>involve a lot of number crunching.  Do you have any second thought?  I
>checked the manual, but it does not mention anything about the
>coprocessor.  Please let me know the TRUTH, nothing but the TRUTH.
>Thanks

Only if a program takes advantage of the FP chip will you see any speed
increase.  Windows itself will not speed up if you have a coprocessor.
Moving of bitmaps or windows usually involves byte copies not floating
point math.