From:	rpenton AT buffnet DOT net (Ron)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	DJGPP performance + Matrox G200 video card = S-L-O-W... help?
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Date:	Wed, 06 Jan 1999 10:42:18 -0800
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Well, this is a dilly of a problem indeed. It took me 3 months to figure it
out, after several unanswerd
e-mails to Matrox and a 2 hour technical non-support long distance call to
Matrox, and Finally I got the
answer.

I found someone who found the answer for me (I own a G200 also), Matrox
Thinks DOS is dead, therefore
see's no point in supporting VESA AT ALL. Yup, The G200 has Shitty DOS
performance because they
sold out to Microsoft and decided to make DirectX the only platform that is
supported well with the G200.

My games dropped to 1/4 the performance of the normal framerate, so consider
yourself lucky that you
got 1/3 lol

I unfortunately decided to learn DirectX programming, seeing as how I can't
seem to be able to sell this
shitty video card...



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