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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: QEMM, Orchid Pro II BIOS, and trouble.
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.181213.11232@amd.com>
Date: 22 Mar 91 18:12:13 GMT
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rdippold@gdansk.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:

>In article <1991Mar19.205736.17884@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>>smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes:
>>>with my Orchid VGA card), I then can get an unbelievable 31,000+ CPS
>>>rating on my video card (tested with QaPlus diagnostics).
>>
>>Gosh, you must be a fast reader.
>>What's the point of all this?

>It means that in actual graphics modes that graphics will go much faster than
>they would on a machine with an average VGA card.  Less waiting around for
>graphs, etc. to draw.

Not at all. There is little to no relationship between graphics mode
speed and text mode speed.

How long would it take to write a 640x480x256 screen at 31,000 bytes/second?
I think I figured about 10 seconds. 20 seconds at 15,000 bytes/second.
Hm.

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