From: akwong AT ee DOT ualberta DOT ca (Mandr)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: RsxNt I HATE WINDOWS
Date: 25 Sep 1998 22:56:38 GMT
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Duncan Burch (duncanburch AT nospam DOT usa DOT net) wrote:

> You need to download the microsoft platform directx sdk. This is a right
> bugger to do, as it is over 12megs. It is a common misconception that
> windows is slow for games programming. DirectX is not particularly slow, and
> in some cases it can be faster than DOS. For example, D3D will allow your
> games to run much faster under windows if you have a 3D accelerator. The
> reason many windows games require greater processor power than their dos
> equivelants(sp) is because windows programmers are generally not into using
> asm, and microsoft visual c, is, in my experience, not very good at
> optimisation.

Could you please explain why D3D under window is faster than DOS if
the system has a 3D accelerator?

Mandr
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