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1mb ISA Graphics Card
Name: WWWEBSTER Date: August 11, 2001 at 17:34:18 Pacific
Comment:
I have an old ISA Tseng Labs ET4000 ISA Graphics Card in an old 486-ISA PC, which I have upgraded to 133mhz with 32mb RAM.
I am currently running Windows 98SE on it, but my graphics card will only display 256 colours at any resolution. I am currently using 800x600. Is there anyway to get it to display in High Colour mode, the option is in the display settings, but when I select it, it does not work, it stays as 256 colours, if I reboot after setting it, my PC goes to 640x480 with 16 colours.
Name: sllk Date: August 11, 2001 at 18:10:18 Pacific
Reply:
You need to find the driver for that card and install it. There's some help on the left side of this page.
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Response Number 2
Name: jboy Date: August 11, 2001 at 19:44:45 Pacific
Reply:
I think you need at least 2Mb vram to get even 16 bit colour @ 640x480. Might be possible to upgrade the memory on the card - be hard to find the chips tho', and ISA video is quite slow compared to PCI or onboard video.
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Response Number 3
Name: Al Date: August 11, 2001 at 19:50:09 Pacific
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I am familliar with this card, and it WILL NOT display more than 256 colors. You can get a 4meg card for less than $30. Go for it. Al
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