Euphoria: I think you'll probably find that newer drivers are better. What you would probably see is something of TNT2 or early GeForce class making far less work of Blitz's text rendering. Those cards were 2D with 3D bolted on, rather than newer cards being 3D with 2D emulated.
Would explain why Intel's graphics chip doesn't suffer the slowdown. I've no knowledge about how ATI implement their 2D.
Tried a Matrox?
Would explain why Intel's graphics chip doesn't suffer the slowdown. I've no knowledge about how ATI implement their 2D.
Tried a Matrox?