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Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:10:28 -0700
From:	"Jon Harrison" <jharrison@seadog.reno.nv.us >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Looking for help with VFBWC

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On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:34:22 -0700, J R FOX wrote:

>
>Never heard of this, Jon. Is it sort of like that
>Warp Overlay thing the original Russian developers of
>WarpVision were selling ?

No, its a tool that manages Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) of
Intel P6/AMD K7 processors. VFBWC.exe sets MTRR write-combining
strategy to video frame buffer aperture. It can often improve
graphic performance. It also seems to help SMP. I notice a more
balanced cpu load when it is active. Unfortunately, for PMMail it
slows down the screen drawing. I am wondering if I might not have
it set correctly or if it is just the way it works w/ PMMail beta.

I like the fact that it balances my cpu's but I can't handle the
drag it puts on PMMail. I have it configured as per the doc's so
I was hoping to find someone else that might be using it so I can
compare observations.

Jon

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