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Re:The Great CPU Stagnation by Arrath on Thursday May 18, 2023 @05:30PM (#35994334)
Recently watching a Gamer's Nexus video where they tested a new built Voodoo 6 5000, I was impressed watching them install some ancient edition of Windows in which to do the testing, and how snappy and responsive the interface was.
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Re:The Great CPU Stagnation by danielvaughn on Thursday May 18, 2023 @06:30PM (#35995095)
My first computer was a 95 Packard Bell. I was 12 years old at the time, so I might be misremembering, but I swear the interface responsiveness felt immediate.
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Re:The Great CPU Stagnation by Fnoord on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:25AM (#35999575)
Dan Luu did various tests on keyboard and terminal latency. Its not pretty. However a modern desktop have a compositor (since Vista, Linux since XFree86 -> X.org, and macOS since forever). This is essentially double screen rendering.
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