[comp.windows.ms] What do you mean by a slow 256 driver?

pcb@cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) (12/07/90)

I am curious as to the recurring statement...'the new brand x windows 3.0
driver is slow in 256 mode...'.  Slow in window redraw?  Slower than
the 16 color version.

Is this a design flaw/weakness of win3.0?  Surely ms cannot suppose that the
market is satisfied with 16 colors!   Are there any card/monitor/256+ color
combinations that are not slow?

Just wondering; I am getting ready to invest in a 256 cabable setup.

richardh@hpopd.HP.COM (Richard Hancock) (12/07/90)

/ hpopd:comp.windows.ms / pcb@cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) / 11:50 pm  Dec  6, 1990 /

> I am curious as to the recurring statement...'the new brand x windows 3.0
> driver is slow in 256 mode...'.  Slow in window redraw?  Slower than
> the 16 color version.

The 256 colo(u)r driver I'm using with my VGA is HORRENDOUSLY slow. If I didn't
desperately need Twin Peaks wallpaper I would definitely not use it.

Richard.