OT: Voodoo 3 2000 video cards and Resolution

Just a couple of questions if you please. About 6 months ago, I purchased a voodoo 3 2000 agp video card (not overclocked) for n3, as my ATI Rage card just wasn't cutting it. With the original card, I noticed that I could get higher resolutions than 800x600, but I since I installed the new card, it maxes out at 800x600 under the control panel, and while looking around tonight at some sites, I noticed that the card can support higher resolutions. Is there a reason why I can't get this one any higher. I should note that I have an "unknown Monitor" under hardware properties. It is a 17" monitor so I should be able to go up to the higher resolutions. Secondly, I realize that going to higher resolutions have a greater drain on the computer system, but does it improve the quality of the image (specifically better graphics) or just reduce the size of items like standings during a race (ie. f2 during a race in n3). Any help would be greatly appreciated.... Dave

Dave St.Onge <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Q%Jf5.131$[email hidden]... > Just a couple of questions if you please. About 6 months ago, I purchaseda > voodoo 3 2000 agp video card (not overclocked) for n3, as my ATI Rage card > just wasn't cutting it. With the original card, I noticed that I couldget > higher resolutions than 800x600, but I since I installed the new card, it > maxes out at 800x600 under the control panel, and while looking around > tonight at some sites, I noticed that the card can support higher > resolutions. Is there a reason why I can't get this one any higher. I > should note that I have an "unknown Monitor" under hardware properties.It > is a 17" monitor so I should be able to go up to the higher resolutions. > > I had a similar experience. Apparently the Voodoo drivers will only allow higher resolutions if you set the monitor correctly to something other than unknown. Cheers Phil -- F1 GPL Handicap: +62.32 secs F2 GPL Handicap: +149.80 secs St Eldred's Cup: -8.13 secs http://www.youpies.co.uk

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:01:10 -0400, "Dave St.Onge" <[email hidden]> thus spoke:

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>Just a couple of questions if you please. About 6 months ago, I purchased a >voodoo 3 2000 agp video card (not overclocked) for n3, as my ATI Rage card >just wasn't cutting it. With the original card, I noticed that I could get >higher resolutions than 800x600, but I since I installed the new card, it >maxes out at 800x600 under the control panel, and while looking around >tonight at some sites, I noticed that the card can support higher >resolutions. Is there a reason why I can't get this one any higher. I >should note that I have an "unknown Monitor" under hardware properties. It >is a 17" monitor so I should be able to go up to the higher resolutions. > >Secondly, I realize that going to higher resolutions have a greater drain on >the computer system, but does it improve the quality of the image >(specifically better graphics) or just reduce the size of items like >standings during a race (ie. f2 during a race in n3). > >Any help would be greatly appreciated.... > >Dave > >

Look for an .inf file from the monitor maufacturer or change it to another type that is similar to your montitor. Windows comes with a lot of drivers for various montitor types. Right click desktop, select properties, settings,advanced, montitor, change. Higher res can impact performance, depends on the game and video card used. But, it does reduce the size of the jaggies and makes the image look finer detailed, again it depends on the game as to how much you need to up the res. If it impacts the performance to the point where it is not playable then drop the res back down. -- Nos