[plug] vid card

[Michael Holland]

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Peter Caffin wrote:

> >hmm, what's the _cheapest_ vid card i could buy that will still load at

S3 cards are well supported and good value. e.g. trio64 
Make sure you dont get an ISA card!
And, of course, you need 2MB.

> Well, I'm currently using an S3 Trio64+ which is capable of 16bpp at
> 1024x768.. Only problem is: yes, it displays at that, but, the icons
> disappear.

Icons disappear?? Sounds like a line from one of those humourous
"support desk" articles.

Try the 'vertical size' knob on your monitor :)


> Most likely it's a setting I need to tweak somewhere, but, I haven't
> gotten around to it yet. 8bpp is enough for me at the moment..