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From: ant@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Anthony Murdoch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Orchid Prodesigner+ VGA very slow ??
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.003237.4895@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au>
Date: 17 Jun 91 00:32:37 GMT
Organization: Prentice Computer Centre, The University of Queensland, Australia.
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Hi Netters,

We have a 25 Mhz i486 here with a Prodesigner+ 16 bit VGA card.  I have
been noticing that the speed of the graphics in windows is very slow,
especially when doing things like drag-selecting more than a screenful of
text in wor for windows (this can be painfully slow - about 1 line per
second).  This worries me because someone else here with a 25 MHz i386 and
a VGA card using the trident chipset, is getting much more speed out of
his card.

I have been hearing words on the net that trident's are very slow.  If
that is the case, then this Orchid card must be an absolute crock of a VGA
card.  Has anyone else out there been able to make a comparison between
Orchids cards and other brands ?

My system configuration is as follows ;
	25 MHz i486 (Hauppauge)
	8 Mb of RAM
	8 Mb swap file (for windows enh)
        100 Mb ESDI HD
	Orchid Prodesigner Plus VGA card
	NEC 3D monitor

I am currently using the Orchid supplied windows 3 drivers (12?? x 7?? x 16)
but the problem remains even if I use the standard drivers.

Thanx in advance for any information reguarding this.

ant

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