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- From: erik@blade (Erik Manders)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Information on: The IIvi, IIvx, and Performa 600
- Message-ID: <5084@tuegate.tue.nl>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 12:57:45 GMT
- References: <1992Aug16.210017.1816@risky.ecs.umass.edu>
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- Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
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- breck@ganzer.ecs.umass.edu writes:
- : This is a common misconception. Actually, the IIsi is about 28%
- : faster, which is not enough to notice in most real-time applications.
-
- Based on my experience in using both an LC (supposed to be nearly as fast as
- an LCII) with 12'' color, and a IIsi with 12'' color and 16'' color on a
- nubus 8-bit card, I have to conclude that in general, an IIsi is about twice
- the speed of an LC. This is of course subjective, but based on a wide range
- of applications.
-
- : up before the bus width does. For instance, the 80386 is only 4%
- : faster than the 80386sx, which has a 16-bit external memory path.
-
- No, in general 30 to 40%.
-
- : fast compared to using the main memory for video (the IIsi and IIci do
- : this). You can speed up video on the latter machines by making your
- : RAM cache huge, but that's another subject, see one of the columns in
- : the current MacWorld (sorry, forget which one) for more info.
-
- Or use two monitors...
-
- : Another point about video... Since the LCII can use a low cost VGA
- : monitor (I got a Trinitron screen for $350) it really lets you save on
- : the monitor. To get the same quality on a IIsi, expect to shell out
- : the bucks!
-
- Why can't the IIsi? A problem with the LC's is that you can't use the
- apple one-page-display. I will exchange color for display area any time.
-
- Stephan.
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