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« Reply #15 on: June 10, 2001, 07:02:10 PM »
I hate to do this, but.......

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Plz I need help!!
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« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2001, 07:48:59 PM »
If you don\'t know what brand/model the card is, look at your screen immediately after the PC starts up.  The video card almost always displays a little line of DOS text at the top of the screen that identifies the make and model of the card.  This is the FIRST thing you see, even before the Power-On-Self-Test.  

If you can at least figure out what chip the card is based on, you can download the chip manufacturer\'s reference driver and use that instead of the Windows default VGA driver.  The "Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)" is just one of the Default drivers that comes with Windows.  It doesn\'t mean anything, except it reminds you that you have to upgrade your driver.  You will never get the card into 3D mode unless you find the right manufacturer\'s driver for the card and/or chip.
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« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2001, 08:19:14 PM »
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If you don\'t know what brand/model the card is, look at your screen immediately after the PC starts up.  The video card almost always displays a little line of DOS text at the top of the screen that identifies the make and model of the card.  This is the FIRST thing you see, even before the Power-On-Self-Test.  

If you can at least figure out what chip the card is based on, you can download the chip manufacturer\'s reference driver and use that instead of the Windows default VGA driver.  The "Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)" is just one of the Default drivers that comes with Windows.  It doesn\'t mean anything, except it reminds you that you have to upgrade your driver.  You will never get the card into 3D mode unless you find the right manufacturer\'s driver for the card and/or chip.


Ok thanks, I\'ll try that.
BTW any idea how much of a performance increase I would get using an AGP card over a PCI card?
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« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2001, 10:17:42 PM »
I can\'t make a quantifiable guess at how much improvement you\'ll experience.  I would guess the difference would be noticable to a human, which is the minimum you should expect.

The AGP port is technically superior to ordinary PCI, so you should experience some improvement for that reason alone.  Cards supporting AGP are generally newer than cards supporting PCI, so once again, I\'d expect some improvement.

When you figure out the make and model of the AGP card, post it here and we can compare specs.
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« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2001, 06:20:32 AM »
Well the good news is I found the manufacturer (with Sandra) of the card and got the right drivers. :D
Now I just have to upgrade the cards video BIOS (its too old). Unfortunetly I have to be in DOS mode to do it and I can\'t figure out how to get into DOS mode in Win ME. :rpissed:

More good news, I\'m getting Counter-Strike today!!


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« Reply #20 on: June 15, 2001, 06:21:57 AM »
Specs (done by SiSoft Sandra. I think it messed up the specs a bit though.)

Matrox MGA Mystique

<< Matrox MGA Mystique >>
  < Video Adapter >
    Model:                                Matrox MGA Mystique
    Total Memory:                         135MB (7MB Video) (128MB AGP)
    Texture Memory:                       135MB
    Supports DIME Texturing:              Yes
    Hardware Revision:                    002
    VESA PnP/DDC Support:                 Yes

 Supported Refresh Rates:              60 72 75 Hz

  < Video Driver >
    Model ID:                             mgapdx64.drv
    Version:                              4.10.00.1682
    Supported Windows Version:            4.00
    Plug & Play Video Driver:             Yes
    Video Acceleration:                   Yes, All Functions
    Screen Saver Active:                  No
    Low Power Saving Active:              Yes, 10 min timeout
    Power Off Saving Active:              Yes, 10 min timeout

  < Supported Video Modes >
    Windows Video Mode 0:                 640x480 16 colours (4-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 1:                 640x480 256 colours (8-bit) at 60 61 72 75 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 2:                 720x480 256 colours (8-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 3:                 720x576 256 colours (8-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 4:                 800x600 256 colours (8-bit) at 60 72 75 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 5:                 1024x768 256 colours (8-bit) at 60 70 75 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 6:                 1152x864 256 colours (8-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 7:                 1280x1024 256 colours (8-bit) at 60 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 8:                 640x480 64K HiColour (16-bit) at 60 61 72 75 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 9:                 720x480 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 10:                720x576 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 11:                800x600 64K HiColour (16-bit) at 60 72 75 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 12:                1024x768 64K HiColour (16-bit) at 60 70 75 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 13:                1152x864 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 14:                1280x1024 64K HiColour (16-bit) at 60 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 15:                640x480 16M TrueColour (24-bit) at 60 61 72 75 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 16:                720x480 16M TrueColour (24-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 17:                720x576 16M TrueColour (24-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 18:                800x600 16M TrueColour (24-bit) at 60 72 75 Hz
    Windows Video Mode 19:                1024x768 16M TrueColour (24-bit) at 60 70 75 Hz

  < Video BIOS >
    Release Date:                         09/02/1998

  < VESA BIOS >
    Version:                              2.00
    VESA VBE/PM Version:                  1.00
    Manufacturer:                         Intel Corporation
    Video Adapter:                        Intel740 Display Controller
    Adapter Version:                      1
    OEM Chipset BIOS:                     Intel740 Super VGA
    OEM BIOS Version:                     1.00
    Total Video Memory:                   8MB
    Current Video Mode:                   52h
    Linear Frame Buffer Address:          3488 - 3496MB

  < Video Chipset >
    8-bit Colour Width RAMDAC:            Yes
    VGA Compatible Controller:            Yes
    Programmed RAMDAC with Blank Bit:     No

  < Supported VESA Video Modes >
    VESA Mode 100h:                       640x400 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          250kB
    VESA Mode 101h:                       640x480 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          300kB
    VESA Mode 103h:                       800x600 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          468kB
    VESA Mode 105h:                       1024x768 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          768kB
    VESA Mode 107h:                       1280x1024 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.3MB
    VESA Mode 110h:                       640x480 15-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          600kB
    VESA Mode 111h:                       640x480 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          600kB
    VESA Mode 112h:                       640x480 24-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          900kB
    VESA Mode 113h:                       800x600 15-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          937kB
    VESA Mode 114h:                       800x600 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          937kB
    VESA Mode 115h:                       800x600 24-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.4MB
    VESA Mode 116h:                       1024x768 15-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.5MB
    VESA Mode 117h:                       1024x768 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.5MB
    VESA Mode 118h:                       1024x768 24-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          2.3MB
    VESA Mode 119h:                       1280x1024 15-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          2.5MB
    VESA Mode 11Ah:                       1280x1024 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          2.5MB
    VESA Mode 11Ch:                       1600x1200 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.8MB
    VESA Mode 10Eh:                       320x200 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          125kB
    VESA Mode 10Fh:                       320x200 24-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          187kB
    VESA Mode 11Dh:                       320x200 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          62kB
    VESA Mode 11Eh:                       320x240 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          75kB
    VESA Mode 11Fh:                       320x240 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          150kB
    VESA Mode 120h:                       320x240 24-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          225kB
    VESA Mode 121h:                       400x300 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          117kB
    VESA Mode 122h:                       400x300 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          234kB
    VESA Mode 123h:                       400x300 24-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          351kB
    VESA Mode 124h:                       512x384 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          192kB
    VESA Mode 125h:                       512x384 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          384kB
    VESA Mode 126h:                       512x384 24-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          576kB
    VESA Mode 127h:                       640x400 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          500kB
    VESA Mode 128h:                       640x400 24-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          750kB
    VESA Mode 136h:                       1152x864 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          972kB

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« Reply #21 on: June 15, 2001, 06:23:03 AM »
< Enhanced Video Settings >
    Animation Effects Enabled:            Yes
    Full Windows Drag Enabled:            No
    Font Smoothing Enabled:               No
    HighContrast Feature On:              No
    Screen Reader Active:                 No

  < Video Mode Characteristics >
    Physical Screen Width:                211 mm, 8 in
    Physical Screen Height:               158 mm, 6 in
    Recommended Monitor Size:             14 in
    Horizontal/Vertical Resolution:       96x96 dpi
    Colour Bits/Planes:                   24 / 1 bit(s) per pixel
    Brushes:                              4294967295
    Pens:                                 4294967295
    Device Colours:                       4294967295
    Pixel Width/Height/Diagonal:          36 / 36 / 51

  < Video Driver Clipping Capabilities >
    Can Clip Output to Rectangle:         Yes
    Can Clip Output to Region:            No

  < Video Driver Raster Capabilities >
    Supports Banding:                     No
    Supports Fonts Larger than 64K:       Yes
    Can Transfer Bitmaps:                 Yes
    Supports Bitmaps Larger than 64K:     Yes
    Supports Device Bitmaps:              Yes
    Supports DIBs:                        Yes
    DIBs on Device Surface:               Yes
    Flood Fills:                          No
    Supports Windows 2.00:                Yes
    Stretch/Compress Bitmaps:             Yes
    Stretch/Compress DIBs:                Yes
    Supports Scaling:                     No
    Palette-Based Device:                 No
    Saves Bitmap Locally:                 Yes

  < Video Driver Curve Capabilities >
    Can Draw Circles:                     No
    Can Draw Ellipses:                    No
    Can Draw Pie Wedges:                  No
    Can Draw Chord Arcs:                  No
    Can Draw Wide Borders:                No
    Can Draw Styled Borders:              No
    Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders:        No
    Can Draw Rounded Rectangles:          No
    Can Draw Interiors:                   No

  < Video Driver Line Capabilities >
    Can Draw Polylines:                   Yes
    Can Draw Styled Lines:                Yes
    Can Draw Wide Lines:                  No
    Can Draw Wide, Styled Lines:          No
    Can Draw Markers:                     No
    Can Draw Polymarkers:                 No
    Can Draw Interiors:                   No

  < Video Driver Polygonal Capabilities >
    Can Draw Alternate-fill Polygons:     No
    Can Draw Winding-fill Polygons:       No
    Can Draw Rectangles:                  Yes
    Can Draw Scan Lines:                  Yes
    Can Draw Wide Borders:                No
    Can Draw Styled Borders:              No
    Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders:        No
    Can Draw Interiors:                   Yes

  < Video Driver Text Capabilities >
    Supports Stroke Clip Precision:       Yes
    Supports Stroke Output Precision:     No
    Supports Character Output Precision:  No
    Supports 90° Character Rotation:      No
    Supports Any Angle Character Rotation:No
    Supports Independent X-Y Scaling:     No
    Supports Doubled Character for Scalin:No
    Supports Integer Multiples for Scalin:No
    Any Multiples for Exact Scaling:      No
    Can Draw Double-Weighted Characters:  No
    Can Italicize:                        No
    Can Underline:                        No
    Can Draw Strikeouts:                  No
    Can Draw Raster Fonts:                Yes
    Can Draw Vector Fonts:                No
    Cannot Scroll Using BitBlt:           No

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« Reply #22 on: June 15, 2001, 06:24:11 AM »
New Card (Intel740 Graphics Accelerator

<< Intel740 Win9x PV4.0 >>
  < Video Adapter >
    Model:                                Intel740 Win9x PV4.0
    Total Memory:                         135MB (7MB Video) (128MB AGP)
    Texture Memory:                       135MB
    Supports DIME Texturing:              Yes
    Hardware Revision:                    033
    VESA PnP/DDC Support:                 Yes

  < Current Video Mode >
    Video Mode:                           800x600 16M TrueColour (24-bit)
    Vertical Refresh Rate:                Adapter Default

  < Video Driver >
    Model ID:                             gfxdrv.drv
    Version:                              4.11.01.2719
    Supported Windows Version:            4.00
    Plug & Play Video Driver:             Yes
    Video Acceleration:                   Yes, All Functions
    Screen Saver Active:                  No
    Low Power Saving Active:              Yes, 10 min timeout
    Power Off Saving Active:              Yes, 10 min timeout

  < Supported Video Modes >
    Windows Video Mode 0:                 640x480 16 colours (4-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 1:                 640x480 256 colours (8-bit) at 60,75,85Hz
    Windows Video Mode 2:                 720x480 256 colours (8-bit) at 75,85Hz
    Windows Video Mode 3:                 720x576 256 colours (8-bit) at 75,85Hz
    Windows Video Mode 4:                 800x600 256 colours (8-bit) at 56,60,75,85Hz
    Windows Video Mode 5:                 1024x768 256 colours (8-bit) at 60,75,85Hz
    Windows Video Mode 6:                 1152x864 256 colours (8-bit) at 60,75,85Hz
    Windows Video Mode 7:                 1280x1024 256 colours (8-bit) at 60,75,85Hz
    Windows Video Mode 8:                 640x480 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 9:                 720x480 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 10:                720x576 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 11:                800x600 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 12:                1024x768 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 13:                1152x864 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 14:                1280x1024 64K HiColour (16-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 15:                640x480 16M TrueColour (24-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 16:                720x480 16M TrueColour (24-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 17:                720x576 16M TrueColour (24-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 18:                800x600 16M TrueColour (24-bit)
    Windows Video Mode 19:                1024x768 16M TrueColour (24-bit)

  < Video BIOS >
    Release Date:                         09/02/1998

  < VESA BIOS >
    Version:                              2.00
    VESA VBE/PM Version:                  1.00
    Manufacturer:                         Intel Corporation
    Video Adapter:                        Intel740 Display Controller
    Adapter Version:                      1
    OEM Chipset BIOS:                     Intel740 Super VGA
    OEM BIOS Version:                     1.00
    Total Video Memory:                   8MB
    Current Video Mode:                   52h
    Linear Frame Buffer Address:          3488 - 3496MB

  < Video Chipset >
    8-bit Colour Width RAMDAC:            Yes
    VGA Compatible Controller:            Yes
    Programmed RAMDAC with Blank Bit:     No

  < Supported VESA Video Modes >
    VESA Mode 100h:                       640x400 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          250kB
    VESA Mode 101h:                       640x480 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          300kB
    VESA Mode 103h:                       800x600 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          468kB
    VESA Mode 105h:                       1024x768 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          768kB
    VESA Mode 107h:                       1280x1024 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.3MB
    VESA Mode 110h:                       640x480 15-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          600kB
    VESA Mode 111h:                       640x480 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          600kB
    VESA Mode 112h:                       640x480 24-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          900kB
    VESA Mode 113h:                       800x600 15-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          937kB
    VESA Mode 114h:                       800x600 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          937kB
    VESA Mode 115h:                       800x600 24-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.4MB
    VESA Mode 116h:                       1024x768 15-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.5MB
    VESA Mode 117h:                       1024x768 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.5MB
    VESA Mode 118h:                       1024x768 24-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          2.3MB
    VESA Mode 119h:                       1280x1024 15-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          2.5MB
    VESA Mode 11Ah:                       1280x1024 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          2.5MB
    VESA Mode 11Ch:                       1600x1200 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          1.8MB
    VESA Mode 10Eh:                       320x200 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          125kB
    VESA Mode 10Fh:                       320x200 24-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          187kB
    VESA Mode 11Dh:                       320x200 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          62kB
    VESA Mode 11Eh:                       320x240 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          75kB
    VESA Mode 11Fh:                       320x240 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          150kB
    VESA Mode 120h:                       320x240 24-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          225kB
    VESA Mode 121h:                       400x300 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          117kB
    VESA Mode 122h:                       400x300 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          234kB
    VESA Mode 123h:                       400x300 24-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          351kB
    VESA Mode 124h:                       512x384 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          192kB
    VESA Mode 125h:                       512x384 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          384kB
    VESA Mode 126h:                       512x384 24-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          576kB
    VESA Mode 127h:                       640x400 16-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          500kB
    VESA Mode 128h:                       640x400 24-bit, Direct, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          750kB
    VESA Mode 136h:                       1152x864 8-bit, Packed, Graphics, BIOS_Out, Linear,
                                          972kB

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