Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!microsoft!gregj From: gregj@microsoft.UUCP (Greg JONES) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Ahead Systems VGA Wizard at 1024x768 Summary: super VGA speed Message-ID: <56911@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 25 Aug 90 00:40:34 GMT References: Distribution: na Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 33 In article , marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) writes: > The image is grainy. I can see tiny horizontal lines on the > screen. Also, where there is a horizontal line drawn, it > seems to vibrate up and down - especially when I'm not looking > directly at it. When I run at 800x600, the screen flickers > more, but doesn't have that grainy look. Lines don't vibrate > either. It's hard on the eyes, but I can live with this problem. > I don't know if the grainyness is caused by the card or the > monitor. Probably the card. I run OS/2 PM on a Video 7 VRAM VGA (512K) and a Nanao 9070S and don't have this problem at any resolution. > When I run Terminal or Crosstalk for Windows I have REAL (TM) > problems. While scrolling text, it's OK until the screen fills. > But when it fills the screen, it takes about a second to draw > each new line. Again this is probably the card. Graphical text-output stuff on the VRAM VGA is pretty fast, on a 20MHz 386. > I'm thinking about getting Dell's GPX-1024/16 video board to replace the > VGA Wizard. Unfortunately, it costs $900 and requires a VGA card too. The VRAM VGA is around $450 mail-order. I'd recommend that instead. Windows ships with a driver for it too. Note that I'm not representing Headland Technologies or Microsoft here, I'm talking about my home system... uunet!microsoft!gregj [I just happen to work here. Sheer coincidence.]