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- From: timvih@polaris.utu.fi (Timo Vihersaari)
- Subject: Re: Speeding up Windows... again...
- Message-ID: <timvih.1.715323487@polaris.utu.fi>
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- Sender: news@polaris.utu.fi (Usenet News admin)
- Organization: Turun Yliopisto
- References: <CMM.0.90.2.715255575.terjeh@maud.ifi.uio.no>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 04:58:07 GMT
- Lines: 19
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- In article <CMM.0.90.2.715255575.terjeh@maud.ifi.uio.no>
- Terje Holmboe <terjeh@ifi.uio.no> writes:
-
- >
- > Hmmm... There is no use for a 387. What I now am wondering is this :
- > Why cannot Windows use the 387 ( if installed ) for some of the more
- > painstaking labour of graphics ? Is this to complicated a task ?
-
- The usual graphics does not need calculations. But some programs using
- vector graphcis need lot of calculation power! Of course spreadsheets
- and similar mathematical programs use math processor!
-
- Many WIN users does not think, that the size of memory does not speed
- windows in WIN 3.0. When you have some 3 MB of ram, you can use standard
- mode, that is better than enhanced mode! In WIN 3.1 (and SMARTDRV with
- it) the size of memory seems to be more important. If you have 8 MB of RAM,
- use 2 MB of cache and don't win allow to swap! The use of virtual memory
- makes win to slow down. And if you have enough memory, you may use a ram
- disk and load some parts of windows there.
-