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No Wonder User - Feb 21, 1999 - 3:38 am

KNOWLEDGE LEVEL: Intermediate

PROBLEM: Hardware
COMPUTER TYPE: BX6 Mainboard
MODEL: PII350
RAM: 64meg
OS VERSION: Windows 98
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Concerning my Diamond Fire GL 1000 Video card - On a lot of games a video card needs to be VESA-compliant in order to play in high resolution mode. I thought the Diamond Fire was VESA-compliant, but I get a non-VESA compliant message when I try to play some games in high resolution mode. How can I or can I make my Card VESA-compliant. Can I download a VESA driver and install it own my system, or what. Thanks

No Wonder Tech - Feb 21, 1999 - 10:09 pm

Hi Ronald and welcome to NoWonder.

VESA was an old standard for high-resolution video modes back in the days when games were mostly DOS-based. Nowadays, most video cards are aimed at the Windows platform, and come with drivers, thus no longer needing VESA support.

( they've replaced the funny little VESA acronym with tons of others, like OpenGL and DirectX and those... )

But, for non-VESA cards, SciTech Software still makes its VESA suite called SciTech Display Doctor.

You can learn more about it at this URL:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd_win.html

hope this helps.
regards,
jeff poirier - NoWonder Windows Team
jeffp@nowonder.com