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SiS 300/305 16-bit Limit
Name: chimericalone Date: March 23, 2005 at 11:43:50 Pacific OS: Windows XP Professional, CPU/Ram: Pentium 4, 256 MB RAM
Comment:
I have an SiS 300/SiS 305 32MB graphics card, and I can't seem to display 1280 x 1024 at 32-bit color quality. I can only seem to use 16-bit.
I already tried using the latest drivers from SiS (version 1.15 at http://www.sis.com/download/). So I'm wondering if anyone else with this graphics card has the same limitations.
Name: ham30 Date: March 23, 2005 at 12:23:48 Pacific
Reply:
What happens when you try to use 32 bit?
Do you 'really' need 32 bit?
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Response Number 2
Name: OtheHill Date: March 23, 2005 at 14:14:47 Pacific
Reply:
The onboard memory of the card determines to a great extent the maximum settings. How much memory is on that card? Take a look here for a more in depth explanation. http://techreport.com/etc/2002q3/graphicsmem/index.x?pg=1
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Response Number 3
Name: jam Date: March 23, 2005 at 14:50:48 Pacific
Reply:
I agree with ham30 - do you really need 32 bit color?
What you REALLY need is a decent video card...those SiS based cards are crap!
Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz 512MB PC3200 Asus Ti4800SE 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro
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Response Number 4
Name: cliffpage Date: March 23, 2005 at 23:53:34 Pacific
Reply:
i have had one of these cards and i also say they are crap, really crap. i have never had one of the latest expensive cards,but even The oldest Geforce card ever is far better or even a ATI Rage 128 Pro.
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