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- From: nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Does VESA Local Bus put a huge strain on a CPU?
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- Date: 6 Nov 92 05:40:22 GMT
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- goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal) writes:
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- >Of course, this is where "value" comes into question. If you buy an
- >ISA system and get an ATI Ultra Pro that give you a 25million winmark,
- >and someone else pays $500 more for a system with a vl-bus and a vl-bus
- >ATI Ultra Pro that gets 30million winmarks, which is better?
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- WinMarks do not really take into account the video speed advantages Local Bus
- provides. Do not make a conclusion about speed based on winmarks.
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- Also, many vendors are now optimizing their hardware and/or drivers to get
- higher winmarks. (Analagous to the optimizing done with Dhrystone.)
-