ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) (02/24/91)
I'm getting ready to purchase/build a machine to run Windows, and am trying to decide whether a 386 SX with fast video (Orchid Prodesigner II) would be adequate. How would such a machine perform com- pared to a 386DX (25 Mhz, no cache) with a run-of- the-mill 16 bit SVGA card? At work I use an IBM 55SX and its speed seems adequate except for one thing: it takes forever to redraw a windowed non-Windows app, especially when popping up from minimized (launced but iconized). As I use NCSA Telnet (Win- QVT/Net doesn't have a host mode), InfoSelect and Wordperfect 5.1, all windowed, this is a big problem I'd like to avoid on my new machine. Would a faster processor work better than fast video? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@AQUA.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------