Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sbi!zeus! From: nee@cf_su14.Salomon.Com (Robert Nee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Dual monitors Message-ID: <178@cf_su20.cf_su10.Sbi.COM> Date: 15 Feb 91 15:55:15 GMT References: <8345@davidsys.com> <166@cf_su20.cf_su10.Sbi.COM> <26810@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <8130@davidsys.com> <1991Feb12.010248.7563@cs.mcgill.ca> Sender: news@cf_su10.Sbi.COM Reply-To: nee@cf_su14.Salomon.Com (Robert Nee) Organization: Salomon Brothers, NY Lines: 26 ath: cf_su10!cf_su14!nee > Try doing benchmarks, people. It's really not that diffucult. Grunt... Wheez... Puff... Puff... Whew! That was tough... ;-) There, I did the benchmarks. With my MDA board in and with it out. I get 32% better performance in graphics benchmarks with it out. Am I *WRONG* also? > To put it simply, if the card responds quickly enough, there is NO PROBLEM. Isn't that dandy. Which card? The 8-bit or the 16-bit? My MDA board cost me $8. My VGA board cost $300. Do I need a new, better VGA to make my $8 MDA work, or vica versa? In addition, to anyone whose benchmarks show no performance change. Are you sure that your board is running in 16-bit mode to begin with? My VGA board's Diags report 16-bit mode only after I set the proper switches and ONLY if there is no MDA board in my system. My VGA (V7 VRAM) CLEARLY works better if it can get into 16-bit RAM mode. With MY MDA it can't. Does anyone know of an MDA that will let it? Thanks. Robert F. Nee