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Name: Bert Date: July 2, 2003 at 09:38:26 Pacific OS: dos622 win311 CPU/Ram: 64mb
Comment:
Hi. I have a Geforce2 mx videocard with 32mb ram. If i set the color settings up to 256colors, the screen messes up :-S 16 color modes are OK. I know that this question is posted many af times here. But i was wondering: WHY IS DOS ABLE TO RUN PROGRAMS IN HIGH RESOLUTIONS IN 256 COLORS ??????? I can run redneck rampage and duke nukem3d in 256 colors at 800x600. Dos can do this just without any drivers. Why windows have so much troubles with it???
Name: Z Furman Date: July 3, 2003 at 08:35:47 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Bert: This is a guess, but it could be DOS games install there own video drivers. Windows needs video drivers to change screen size & colors, if you use a video card later than Win 95 it most likely will not have needed drivers to work. The same applies to other devices like printers, scanners, & so on, this is the way the PC industry gets you to update software & hardware. See if someone has tried a different driver for that video card to try on a gamers site, worth a try.
Good luck, Z
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Response Number 2
Name: Soedesh Date: July 3, 2003 at 17:58:36 Pacific
Reply:
Windows doesn´t support the VESA standard.
DOS applications mostly do.
I have written about the lack of VESA support in Windows many times in this forum! ;-)
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Response Number 3
Name: kev87 Date: July 10, 2003 at 18:57:31 Pacific
Reply:
u know Z furman is probably right about dos programs using thier own vid drivers since windows is technicaly a dos program (shell) and it uses it own drivers, why don't u try a generic video driver
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