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- From: rwb@alexander.VI.RI.CMU.EDU (Robert Berger)
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- Subject: Re: IIci is Great?? Was Re: Apple Crippling Systems?!?
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- Date: 20 Dec 92 09:01:51 GMT
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- In article <85411@ut-emx.uucp> ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd)
- writes:
-
- > The //ci is slower than the vx IMHO unless you do your simms correctly.
- > If you do not have 1MB in Bank A and whatever in Bank B, your
- performance
- > will slllloooooowwwwww down due to swapping. The vx uses VRAM.
-
- Not really swapping, but memory contention; the video gets priority.
-
- This slowdown goes away if you use an aftermarket video card. My IIci
- benchmarks faster when I plug the monitor into my Radius 24Xp instead
- of the internal video. (The internal video is not active if no monitor
- is detected via the sense pins on the monitor connector).
-