Tim, I'm using a Nvidia GeForce4 MX 640 board. Works well with Fractint. This is my fractint.cfg, set up by making use of makefcfg*: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ; FRACTINT.CFG File ;key name of adapter/mode | AX | BX | CX | DX |mode| x | y |clr| comments ;=========================================================================== ====== F2 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,130, 0, 0, 28, 320, 200, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia F3 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,134, 0, 0, 28, 320, 240, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia F4 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,131, 0, 0, 28, 320, 400, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia F5 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,100, 0, 0, 28, 640, 400, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia F6 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,101, 0, 0, 28, 640, 480, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia F7 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,103, 0, 0, 28, 800, 600, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia F8 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,105, 0, 0, 28,1024, 768, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia F9 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,107, 0, 0, 28,1280,1024, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia F10 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,147, 0, 0, 28,1400,1050, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF1 ,VESA Color Palette Mode ,4f02,145, 0, 0, 28,1600,1200, 256,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF2 ,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,10E, 0, 0, 28, 320, 200, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF3 ,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,135, 0, 0, 28, 320, 240, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF4 ,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,132, 0, 0, 28, 320, 400, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF5 ,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,13D, 0, 0, 28, 640, 400, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF6 ,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,111, 0, 0, 28, 640, 480, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF7 ,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,114, 0, 0, 28, 800, 600, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF8 ,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,117, 0, 0, 28,1024, 768, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF9 ,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,11A, 0, 0, 28,1280,1024, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia SF10,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,148, 0, 0, 28,1400,1050, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia CF1 ,VESA RGB 565 ,4f02,146, 0, 0, 28,1600,1200, 64k,VESA mode from OEM NVidia CF2 ,VESA xRGB 8888 ,4f02,10F, 0, 0, 28, 320, 200, 16m,VESA mode from OEM NVidia CF3 ,VESA xRGB 8888 ,4f02,136, 0, 0, 28, 320, 240, 16m,VESA mode from OEM NVidia CF4 ,VESA xRGB 8888 ,4f02,133, 0, 0, 28, 320, 400, 16m,VESA mode from OEM NVidia CF5 ,VESA xRGB 8888 ,4f02,13E, 0, 0, 28, 640, 400, 16m,VESA mode from OEM NVidia CF6 ,VESA xRGB 8888 ,4f02,112, 0, 0, 28, 640, 480, 16m,VESA mode from OEM NVidia CF7 ,VESA xRGB 8888 ,4f02,115, 0, 0, 28, 800, 600, 16m,VESA mode from OEM NVidia CF8 ,VESA xRGB 8888 ,4f02,118, 0, 0, 28,1024, 768, 16m,VESA mode from OEM NVidia ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11, 320, 200,256,For Background Fractals ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11, 360, 480,256,For Background Fractals ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11, 640, 350,256,For Background Fractals ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11, 640, 400,256,For Background Fractals ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11, 640, 480,256,For Background Fractals ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11, 768, 480, 2,Full-Page Epson @ 60DPI ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11, 768,1920, 2,Full-Page Epson @ 240DPI ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,1024, 768,256,For Background Fractals ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,1600,1200,256,For Background Fractals ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,1920,1440,256,Full-Page Paintjet 180DPI ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,2048,1536,256,For Background Fractals ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,5120,3840,256,For Background Fractals ,Disk/RAM 'Video' , 3, 0, 0, 0, 11,16000,12000,256,For Background Fractals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- All the best, Hans-Joachim * Trying to access the vesa test program I'm getting a 404. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Wegner" <twegner@swbell.net> To: <BillatNY@aol.com>; "Fractint and General FractalsDiscussion" <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [Fractint] Fractint with AGP??
I'd also be interested in how Nvidia based boards work with Fractint. Does anyone have a board based on Nvidia Gforce 5200? I'm not a gamer so I don't need the latest and greatest 3D, so I figure a board about like an Nvidia Gforce 5200 would be about right if it has good VESA VBE support.
I have put a vesa test program here:
http://tim.fractint.org/VESAINFO.TXT
This dumps out a whole lot of information using:
vesainfo -v > yourboard.txt
Of course the makefcfg.exe program gives similar information.
Maybe we should build up a database of boards known to work OK with Fractint. I'm not sure how long before VESA VBE is no longer found in video boards ...
Tim
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