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From: nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Trident 8900B + Qume 835 1024x768 problem..
Message-ID: <1991May25.025526.5085@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 25 May 91 02:55:26 GMT
References: <1991May23.234524.29709@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
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Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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s870694@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Alfred Porziella) writes:


>I have a problem using this mode in that the text is distorted
>and looks kinda 'fuzzy'.
>The display is very sharp at all other resolutions.

>I realise the display is interlaced in this mode but I
>have seen the monitor used with a Tseng labs card and
>this mode looked much better.

>The exact model of the card is TVGA8900b E6-100C Ver 1.41
>It has 1Mb of memory installed.

>This problem is not common to windows.
not unique?

>Please help as I hate running windows at 800x600.
Tell me about it.

I have a 8900 as well, with a ctx 1024x768 trisync. It
too is interlaced in this mode, and it is pretty fuzzy.

Actually, looking at it closely it seems that alternate 
sweeps don't really get offset at all. This is not due to
the monitor, as i've tried this card on a NEC 3d (beauty
monitor) and the same thing happens. Also, my friend's
Swan Tseng4000 looks perfect in interlaced 1024x768 on the 3d,
and almost as good on the CTX. Also, the 8900 is almost a half
an order of magnitude slower in most screen writes :(using vid-
speed).  An inferior card? Maybe. Hell, BIOS writes on his card
are almost faster than direct writes on mine. ARG! Then again,
I think my card is showing signs of problems - the 800x600 mode
occasionally has trouble synching.  Also, it doesn't always seem
to clear out the screen memory when i crank up windows - the 
bottom 1 1/2 has random junk left over from earlier sessions and/or
fractint screens. Wierd. Anybody else see this, or is my card
brain dead? Incidentally, i'm using the tvgawin2b beta versions.
Still haven't heard anything about an official release...

nye