To:	"Tihomir Heidelberg" <9a4gl AT 9a0tcp DOT ampr DOT org>
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: StdVGA mode 12 (640x480x16) help need
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From:	Prashant TR <tr AT midpec DOT com>
Date:	10 Mar 2000 19:49:47 +0500
In-Reply-To:	"Tihomir Heidelberg"'s message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2000 03:19:40 +0100"
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"Tihomir Heidelberg" <9a4gl AT 9a0tcp DOT ampr DOT org> writes:

> I made program writing 50 times 40 chars text and get only
> 17 fps (when drawing on memory bitmap and then bitblt to screen).
> When drawing directly to screen I get only 7fps on my Celeron 400 with AGP.

VGA modes are generally very slow, and that's one of the reasons why Allegro
probably doesn't support it. Even writing to Video memory directly doesn't
help much. I suggest that you use one of the SVGA modes to do this. Allegro
should do a good job.

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