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  3. From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.graphics
  5. Subject: Re: 24-bit color board for OS/2 2.0 ?
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov11.210739.19007@njitgw.njit.edu>
  7. Date: 11 Nov 92 21:07:39 GMT
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  15. In article <1992Nov11.013046.1821@wam.umd.edu> adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir) writes:
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  17. >In any case, here's an interesting question, how much difference could it
  18. >possibly make between ISA and EISA?  From what I understand, XGA-2 is co-
  19. >processed anyway, so the only time you'll see a big difference in speed is
  20. >when you move a large bitmap from memory to the screen.  All drawing should
  21. >probably be about the same speed, no?
  22.  
  23. I'd expect minimal gains with this board if the drivers are
  24. well-written.  The 3-4x increase in data transfer speed will help, but
  25. I think you won't notice much except when very large blocks of memory
  26. are transfered, such as bitmaps or very complex drawings.
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