Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:45584 comp.sys.mac.hardware:1037 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!vaxphw.dec.com!phil From: phil@vaxphw.dec.com (At MAC'simum efficiency! 05-Jan-1990 1559) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Mac IIci Video-Card or Internal better? Message-ID: <9001052201.AA09564@decwrl.dec.com> Date: 5 Jan 90 22:01:08 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 17 Hi, I have been told for months now that the built in video in a Mac IIci is a dog and should not be used. Besides taking alot of user memory, it takes alot of cycles from the processor to do the display... Yesterday, MacWorld arrived. In it, there were benchmarks showing using internal video connector and external video (with a video card in the Nubus slot). The contend the INTERBNAL is better as you do not have to deal with the Nubus bottleneck...Their benchmarks seem to prove that true. What does anyone else think? Should I use an external card or use the built-in video? Inquiring minds need to know!! Phil Hunt