Speedstar Pro with NT 3.
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>>>>>I would like to know if there is a video driver for the Speedstar Pro used
with NT version 3.5 that will support all the video modes that I am used to on
Windows 3.1. I am running it now in 800×600 in 256 colors. I would like to
have 800×600 with true color capability like I have in Windows 3.1. I am also
hoping that a video driver would speed up things because it seems that the
Cirrus driver included with NT 3.5 is a little slower than Windows 3.1. <<<<<<
The driver supplied with Windows NT 3.5 takes advantage of all the accelerated
Features of the Speed Star Pro (Make sure that you are using the driver listed
as Speed Star Pro).
Windows NT is much better in multitasking, memory protection, and sharing
information over networks. Unfortunately, these improvments come at a price,
performance. On the same system running Windows applications Windows NT will
almost always be slower. Windows NT also requires quite a bit more memory.
Selecting, run in seperate memory space will help some Windows application run
faster. This is because of the Way Windows NT Multitasks, I believe Windows
subsystem and all Windows applications running under it are treated as one
task. Running in seperate memory space runs the Windows application as a
seperate task.
–Wayne Johnson
Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.