I wouldn’t call a 64Mb video board “castrated”. And my kids are too old to
play computer games.
Alberto.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roddy, Mark [mailto:xxxxx@stratus.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:24 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: FW: send this to lyris
Nope. You would be buying some castrated geforce3. The GeForce3 Ti 500 is
closer to 400. But your kids will love and respect you for another few
weeks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Moreira, Alberto [mailto:xxxxx@compuware.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 9:42 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: FW: send this to lyris
According to www.pricewatch.com, you can get a Geforce3 for under $200.
Alberto.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roddy, Mark [mailto:xxxxx@stratus.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 8:43 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: FW: send this to lyris
But you know you really do need one of those spiffy new nvidia cards that
cost more than every other piece of hardware on your system, except the
monitor, combined. You have to do your part to get the economy rolling
again. What? No AGP? Toss that motherboard out the door.
Upgrade/churn/consume!
Hey pete, I avoided the obvious response!
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Nishimoto [mailto:xxxxx@east.sun.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 7:33 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: FW: send this to lyris
Hey, I wanted *your* name on the email, not mine?
*I* didn’t want to look like an idiot.
-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com]On Behalf Of Joe Moriarty
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 7:19 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] FW: send this to lyris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Nishimoto [mailto:xxxxx@east.sun.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 7:14 AM
> To: joe
> Subject: send this to lyris
>
>
>
> I’ve noticed on XP (2600) that 8 bit only displays (256
> colors) may not
> be “supported”.
>
> I have a (really) old video card with only does 8 bit graphics.
> XP will (eventually) install, but the only available mode is
> 640x480.
> (We won’t go into the apparent fact that XP assumes the
> bios will support
> 24
> bit graphics). Also, the display settings applet looks a little
> “funky” (only 640x480 and no other entry on the slider).
>
> Additionally, I notice that all other installations on other
> graphics
> cards (which support 8, 16, 24, 32 bit modes) do NOT allow
> the display
> mode to be set to 8 bit (it used to in NT4 and Win2K).
>
> Further, XP notes that old games (8 bit graphics games) can be run
> in ‘compatibility’ mode.
>
> So, question is - has 8 bit graphic mode been “dropped” from XP?
> The “minimum requirement” literature spoffs about “SVGA graphics”
> as a minimum, but that can be 8 bit. Anyone know for sure?
>
>
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