Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Shootout at the VGA corral (VRAM VGA vs VGA Wizard) Message-ID: Date: 10 Oct 90 15:45:38 GMT References: <1990Oct8.004910.22503@amd.com> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: na Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 29 phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: >In article marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) writes: >|I'd still like to try out that GPX board. >|I'd like to get those times back down to character mode speed. >You mean 24x80 mode? How many rows and columns do you get in >1024x768 mode? To reiterate, when I use Crosstalk XVI (24x80 text mode) it takes me 1.7 seconds to cat out a ~50 line .login file. I run Crosstalk XVI without loading Windows. When I'm using Crosstalk for Windows 3 and using my VRAM VGA in 1024x768 graphics mode, it takes me 6.1 seconds to cat out the same file. I'd like to get an intelligent graphics card that can run Crosstalk for Windows fast enough to fill the 24x80 screen in one second instead of three. It would be a real time saver when trying to read the @#$%! man pages. My 19200 line sends me data three times faster than Crosstalk for Windows can draw it using my VRAM VGA at 1024x768. With the VGA Wizard, it's a factor of over twenty! Arrrgghh! BTW, MY VRAM VGA died two days ago. I'm back to using my VGA Wizard at 800x600. Apparently, my vendor (Random Access) sold me a used (previously failed) board. Assholes! I think I'll quit buying from them. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future