Hi. Does anyone here know what video card is the best to use for the latest DOS version of ZSNES? I know it would be one that supports VESA video modes, since ZSNES uses those, and I know that in the documentation for ZSNES, it says that the best kind of cards to use are ones called SVGA cards, but I don't know which card out of those is the highest quality and/or would work the best with the DOS version of ZSNES. If anyone knows the answer to this and wouldn't mind to help me, I would so greatly appreciate it. ...I...guess that's it. Thanks in advance if anyone helps me. PS. Please don't tell me to just use Windows versions of emulators. That's all anyone ever says when I ask this question... I want to use the DOS ones, period. I wish others could understand that...

SVGA ('SuperVGA') isn't all that much of a description, it's the current standard, and refers to any card that supports higher resolutions than basic VGA. Most modern cards, I would think, adhere to the VESA standards - if not, then there's Scitech's UNIVBE (free) which provides a software solution. We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

Have you tried the ZSNES forum @ http://www.zsnes.com/index.php?page=discussion Maybe more like minded ZSNES users can be of more help? Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...

Hi. Thank you both for taking the time to respond. I appreciate that. Actually, yes, I have *tried* going to the forum to ask that, but for some reason the forum is down. When you try to go there, it just takes you to a blank page that has nothing on it except the words, "The board is offline." I also noticed that the last news update on that site is from a year ago, so I don't know what's going on there. Thank you for your response, Jboy. I actually already knew what SVGA meant, and seeing as how you know that too, that tells me that you seem to know what you're talking about with this. I didn't, however, know that SVGA was the current standard. I was thinking it might have been an older thing that's been replaced. As far as the VESA thing goes, I read a post someone wrote on one of the boards here, I think the DOS one, where he said that some newer video card he had was having some problem because it didn't support VESA modes in DOS or something like that. That's why I was asking about that. Well, I guess if anyone knows about what video cards definitely have full support for VESA modes in DOS, please let me know. Again, thank you both for taking the time to respond. I appreciate that. :-)

Sorry - didn't mean to sound condescending - SVGA is a pretty generic description. It's been around for quite some time, but back when it was new technology, it was far from 'standard'. Your best bet would be to check the specs for a specific card for VESA support - but, as mentioned, the UNIVBE driver will provide software support, if necessary. We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile

No, no, you didn't sound descending. I didn't mean it like that. LOL. I was just letting you know that I knew what that meant. So you're saying that that driver you're talking about will work with *any* video card that needs it, or are there some it might not work for? Thanks again, by the way, for offering so much help. It's very appreciated.

Any recent video card should suffice but have found that most recent DOS software use Scitechsoft Graphics Enhancement Software and picking a card from the supported list has in my experience been worthwhile see: http://www.mwpms.uklinux.net/doctor6x.txt the latest version FREE 6.53 can be downloaded from: http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/ent/free_titles.html 4MB Graphic Cards are sufficient to display Arachne Web Browser at 1024x768 on a 17" Monitor.