🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Article #13559

Local Bus Video Question

#13559
From: Ed Goldman
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:13
16 lines
1101 bytes
I'm wondering if in order to take full advanatge of a local bus video card,
if the application has to recognize that the data path to the card is
32 bits as opposed to 16, 8 bits.  Applications I'm talking about are
normal VGA or SVGA type of DOS apps.  I'm aware that regardless of the width
of the data path, you'll get a local bus advantage because the speed of the
bus runs at processor speed.

The reason I ask is that I just recently purchased a noname 486-33 ET-4000 
Local Bus Motherboard and Video.  I'm really not seeing a big performance
boost over my old 386-40 with Orchid Pro IIs card.

Please email and I'll sum to the net if interest.

Thanks,

-edg-
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1992Sep30.171316.16897@pony.Ingres.COM>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!pacbell.com!rtech!ingres!edg

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!pacbell.com!rtech!ingres!edg
From: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
Subject: Local Bus Video Question
Message-ID: <1992Sep30.171316.16897@pony.Ingres.COM>
Reply-To: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
Distribution: na
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:13:16 GMT
Lines: 16