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In article <1992Aug12.121839.12941@uni-paderborn.de> hosp@uni-paderborn.de 
(Holger Spangardt) writes:

%Though Windows is an graphic-oriented-shell the speed of the
%graphiccard is not important, a Herculescard might be faster than a
%vga-card, but a colorscreen makes more fun working with Windows.(of
%course expensive)

The speed of the graphics card is very important, in certain situations.

1)      CASE WHERE IT ISN'T:

On my 386DX-16, going from a Paradise Pro (mid-speed non-coprocessed)
to a Video-7 VRAMII (high-speed non-coprocessed) only got me a 10%
speed increase (even though the card could theoretically accept data
700% faster than the Pro).  The problem here is that the 386 simply
couldn't render the graphics fast enough.

2)      CASE WHERE IT IS:

Using an accelerated (around $200) or coprocessed ($500+) video card
takes some of the load of calculating graphics away from the 386,
allowing it to do other things with its time.  This WILL provide a
substantial speed increase.


%The best way to tune the system with Windows is to buy as much RAM as
%possible.  A Cachecontroller makes the system much faster,too, but
%this is not very cheap.

Holger is correct that Windows runs much faster with more memory.  I
consider 4MB the bare minimum.  And at $30 or so per MB, it's a pretty
cheap solution.

If you CAN add a RAM cache to your 386, it will probably give you a
speed boost of 40-50 percent.  But then again, for the same $200 or
$300 you could get a 386DX-25 motherboard, which would give you an
even greater speed gain.

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