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From: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: MS FlgtSim and Win3
Message-ID: <5780@hsv3.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 90 16:35:41 GMT
References: <3792@mindlink.UUCP> <2731@polari.UUCP> <27267@cs.yale.edu>
Reply-To: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Organization: Video Seven / Headland Technology
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In article <27267@cs.yale.edu> spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) writes:
>In article <2731@polari.UUCP> ashing@polari.UUCP (Al Shing) writes:
>>I've run mine in 386-enhanced mode, and it ran at near real speeds.  Do you 
>>have the "Monitor Ports" box selected in your PIF?  If so, this is your 
>>problem.  Everything runs slower if this box is selected.   

>Not if you have a VGA. If you have a VGA card "Monitor Ports" is
>ignored. Flight simulator is still molases when I uncheck these.

Why do you say that they're ignored for VGA?  I have a VGA, and I've seen
*tremendous* differences between having "Monitor Ports" set for "Text"
and "High Graphics."  I haven't tried Flight Simulator, but other graphics
games (SimCity, Krynn, etc.) are all unplayably slow when MP is set for HG.
Set it for "Text," and there's only about a 10% performance hit.  (This
is running them in exclusive mode in 386 Enh.)
-- 
Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer.
"There's a certain freedom to being completely screwed." - The Freshman
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