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re: NO True color (24 bit)
Friday, April 14, 2006 at 2:37 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Klerg
(32 messages posted)
Wow! I am surprised NVidia cards do NOT support 24-bit color...The Vanta is AGP 2x
& 4x, can't i just add more RAM to it? I know Matrox cards support 24-bit color,
not sure about ATI though...I think i'll get a Matrox G200 or G400 w/16 MB, i can
add more RAM to those models i think.
On Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 10:56 pm, DNA wrote:
>Current nVidia video drivers typically have no '24-bit color' selection option,
just
>'16-bit color' and '32-bit color'.
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>The 2 desktops in my signature have nVidia video cards (32 mb GeForce2 MX-200 and
>128 mb GeForce 6600 GT AGP respectively) using the current nVidia drivers. Both
are
>dual-boot 98SE and XP. On either PC, in either OS, the nVidia driver allows selection
>of 16-bit color or 32-bit color, but NOT 24-bit color.
>
>The lack of a 24-bit option doesn't really matter for a video card with 32 mb or
>more of video RAM, but on your old 8 mb video card it WOULD be nice to have a 24-bit
>option.
>
>If your system can run an AGP 2.0 card, upgrading wouldn't hurt. The used 32 mb
video
>cards I see are dirt cheap...
>
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>AMD Athlon 1.1 = 98SE & XP Home SP2 - 512 MB RAM
>
>AMD Athlon64 3000 = 98SE & XP Pro SP2 - 1024 MB RAM (98SE RAM access limited to
768
>MB)
>
>IBM ThinkPad PIII 900 = 98SE & XP Pro SP2 - 384 MB RAM
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