Re: Is Full Screen mode faster?

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Simon Bennett (simonb++at++wormald.com.au)
Mon, 12 Feb 1996 12:00:38 +1100 (EST)


On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Nuno Godinho wrote:

> > if Doom ran under windows, it would be a total slug.

Ummmm on a PC I guess... though I belive there is a Win'95 version which
runs pretty fast... in addition I believe that 3D accelerated
products are springing up for Win '95/NT, and are taking advange of
the GDI layer...

> So, if I run a Performer application in full screen I get better
> performance?

No. You're still running in a (X) window! It just happens to be the
same size as your screen resolution and doesn't have any borders or
decorations! You can still resize and move it etc....

> Is there a way to run it full screen at 320x200?

Don't know about Impacts et al... but the lowest resolution available
on RE^2/VTX is 640x480 or 745x224...

So no. (for RE/VTX)

Thou, from experience, even if you've got a really fill-limited app
and "only" a VTX or RE with 1 RM, you can still kick ass and
multi-sample at 640x480... looks a *bit* fuzzy but OK from a couple of
feet away...

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