Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 16:40:57 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: Execution speed
To: baca AT crl DOT ucsd DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>I am writing a 3D modeling/animation program using my own graphics
>library.  I've noticed that when I boot to DOS, start Windows, quit
>Windows, then run my program it runs faster than when I don't run
>Windows first.  When I say it runs faster, I'm measuring speed by the
>frequency of screen updates.  I can get about 1.5 to 2 times as many
>screen updates per second if I run Windows first.  Can anyone explain
>this?

Perhaps your Windoze video driver configures the video card to handle things
faster than it normally does--see if it comes with any DOS software to do the
same trick.

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