Deksor wrote:badmojo wrote:Deksor wrote:Seeing how slow it is, I think it will actually slow down your 286. It's already slowing down my 386SX, so I think the same will happen to a 286
I don't think anyone's running a 286 for speed are they? I had to slow my 16MHz 286 down by adding a wait state for it to play the older DOS games I intended to play on it, so having a slow VGA card doesn't strike me as a disadvantage.
That's for sure ... actually for nowadays, back then, I guess some enthusiasts tried to get the best scores out of their 286 so they wouldn't need to switch to a newer platform.
The same can be said with any retro computer in fact. None of our retro computers are fast, but trying to get the best score out of them isn't totally irrelevant either. That was just for his information, I never said that he should not put it in his 286 at all.
I had an Oak Technology VGA card in my 286 system back in the day. In addition to building it to be a slower system meant to reach down and grab slower speeds, it would also be a period grab, nostalgia rebuild.
On the subject though, I question the importance of VGA speed for running DOS games that are executable on a 286. I played Wolfenstein 3-D on mine back in the day. I think Star Trek 25th anniversary and Out of this World (Another World) were the last two games I loaded on it prior to getting a 386?
It would be an interesting benchmark/experiment to see how much of a difference faster VGA speed would make on a 286.