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- Path: sparky!uunet!rei2!fox
- From: fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox)
- Subject: Re: Speeding up Windows
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.154800.22882@rei.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:48:00 GMT
- References: <CMM.0.90.2.714995016.terjeh@maud.ifi.uio.no> <1992Aug28.222436.7248@wam.umd.edu> <1992Aug29.212201.1@vax1.umkc.edu>
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- edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
-
- > Well, now I'm confused. I've heard "buy more mem" and also as Mario
- >pointed out, "Get a better video card like Diamond Stealth or Orchid".
- >I have a 486/33. Now I was under the impression that adding another 4 meg
- >would have a much greater impact on (admitedly an already fast windows) than
- >adding a new card.
- >Can anyone give hints as to which would be better?
-
- It depends on what is the "slow" part about Windows. If the screen
- updates are slow, such as you spend a lot of time scrolling around
- documents, then the faster video card should do the trick. If you are
- trying to do lots of multitasking and background task switching, then
- more memory will speed it up.
-
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