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- From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 00:32:29 GMT
- Subject: Re: S3 Video Cards (Stealth, F1280...) SLOW?
- Message-ID: <5870122@pollux.svale.hp.com>
- Organization: HP LOVECRAFT DIVISION
- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpcc05!hpyhde4!hpycla!hpergfg2!pollux!dlow
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- References: <1992Jul17.154240.8981@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- >(Paul A Prior)
- >Ok, I know that S3 based cards slow down under dos text based plain
- >VGA type stuff. However, I don't need the "dir" command to speed by
- >any faster than it already does! Therefore my question is, so what?
- >Does this affect things run under dos such as flight simulators (falcon
- >3.0!) where frame rate is important?
-
- No. The software must know about the special hardware features in
- the S3 chips to get the improved graphics performance. Neither Falcon
- nor any other game knows about these features. Windows based games
- may use these features as graphics I/O is handled by the Windows
- drivers and all S3 cards come with drivers that know about the S3
- special features.
-
- Danny Low
- "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
- Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
- HP CPCD dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com
-