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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: BIOS SPEED FOR VIDEO WRITES
- Message-ID: <exuptr.349.714338170@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 19:16:10 GMT
- References: <1992Aug20.131829.5606@tc.cornell.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug20.131829.5606@tc.cornell.edu> homer@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Homer Smith) writes:
- >
- > From a beginner...
- >
- > I wrote a short program in assembler to write to every pixel on
- > On my 386/33 with Trident 8900 chip the program takes 1:10
- >minutes.
- >
- > On my 486/33 with identical video board the program takes 11:46
- >minutes.
- >
-
- First off, both times are too slow.
-
- > Could someone please give me a hint why the 486 is 11 times
- >slower than the 386.
- >
- > Using another program that did a simple INC AX,1 repeatedly,
- >the 486 was 2.8 times faster than the 386.
- >
- > Homer
-
- How are you drawing pixels? What video mode? If you are calling an INT 10h
- function, there's your bottleneck. As for why it might be slower, check
- these things:
-
- 1> Do you have VIDEO / BIOS shadow on either machine?
-
- 2> Do you have any non-standard bus timings on either machine? (Extended
- setup)
-
- 3> Compare the loaded drivers, etc... on both machines, especially packet
- drivers, keyboard intercepts, video intercepts, etc...
-
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