What really limits video speed?

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From: IGOE, PT
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 15:31

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I am running win3 on someone's 16 Mhz 386SX with a 512K Paradise board at 
640x480x256.  The video speed is (as many have pointed out) rather slow with
the 256 color driver.

I would like to know whether it is the speed of the CPU, the video board, or
the video driver that is the "weak link".  i.e., if I were to buy a different
system, what would be the best component to improve upon to increase video
speed?

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