Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!bronze!flusekw@ucs.indiana.edu From: flusekw@ucs.indiana.edu (WILLIAM FRANKLIN FLUSEK) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: RE: Faster display under Windows ? Message-ID: <1991Apr10.195614.5268@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: 10 Apr 91 16:54:00 GMT Sender: Organization: Indiana University Lines: 57 >In article <1991Apr4.170207.5822@cc.helsinki.fi> blom@cc.helsinki.fi writes: >>Does graphics co-processor speed up Windows applications? >Quick answer: NO >Long drawn out solution: (Stuff deleted ...) >I have yet to see the XGA adapter (as we have no MCA machines), but >from what I have heard it is plenty fast on bitblts. I doubt they >buffer line calls or implement internal stretchblits. Still don't >have an idea how much faster in 256 colour mode it is than a standard >640x480 VGA adapter. I have seen it run and it looks to me to be faster, but I haven't had the time or inclination to do some actual testing. I do like the 640x480 64K color mode quite a bit. (1024x768 256 color is not much better, but is faster than my 8514/A board). (Stuff Deleted) >>Now I am considering video boards with a graphics co-processor >>like the NEC Graphics Engine. Tests (e.g. PC Magazine 4/91) >>indicate that they would have a significant effect on drawing >>speed with MS-Windows. This doesn't necessarily apply to application >>programs like CorelDraw. Therefore I would be grateful to hear >>experiences about high-end graphics boards and Windows application >>programs. I think there is some interesting information about the ATI 8514/Ultra board in the 4/16/91 PC Magazine (page 43). They show it to be much faster than the NEC MultiSync Graphics Engine on some Windows operations and slightly faster on others without the Crystal Fonts. With these fonts, it is still faster in some things. I am hoping to get one of these in the next month or so (when I can afford one and a 1024x768 non-interlaced monitor.). But between the speed, the non-interlaced image, Bitstream font support and MCA availability, it is definitely on the horizon. (This board has both connectors on it, MCA and ISA 16-bit.) >>Tom Blom >>Univ. of Helsinki, Finland >-- >Windows Sumo Wrestler "Bo doesn't know software" - George Brett > --(Windows 3.0, a combination of modern moodring technology and voodoo)-- >"I guess she had a way, of making every night seem bright as day" >`I Don't Believe In Love` -Queensryche (Oper. Mindcrime) Glenn Steffler Bill Flusek, Indiana University Internet: flusekw@ucs.indiana.edu Bitnet: flusekw@iubacs .sig - Hey, I barely have time to do all the playing on my computer I want to do, let alone think of a cute .sig file. So sue me.