From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: About DJGPP future
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:19:41 -0300
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froyd wrote:

> I thought the importance of DOS was that graphics programs
> could run faster, plus there is more control of what the computer is doing.

    On many machines these days, DirectX programs run faster than their DOS
equivalents.  Most DOS programs only use VESA compatability which isn't
enourmously fast (even v2).  On many video cards, they supply directx drivers
that can do blits/fills/polygons faster than you can ever hope to do in DOS
(unless they tell you how to take advantage of the hardware acceleration).

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