Bill: Why don't you swap the "old" video card from your older PC and install it on your "new" PC? You might have to also transfer over the drivers, or download and install "new" XP drivers from the "old" OEMs website. Your problem my be due to the fact that your video card is of the "new" kind that no longer supports the "old style" Vesa video registers. Most of the "older" Nvidia TNT cards still support Vesa registers. The good news about the "older" video cards is that if you can find them they are usually a lot cheaper than the "newer" video cards. A good tip is to check with other members of the fractint list which cards still work with fractint. Some OEMs post the specs of their cards on their websites, so a good policy would be to check a card's specs before buying it. The thing to look for is VESA register support. Hope this helps TG ----- Original Message ----- From: <BillatNY@aol.com> To: <bmc1@airmail.net>; <paul.n.lee@worldnet.att.net>; <tgparker@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [Fractint] Fractint and Windows XP
Thank you all again for your help. I've tried everything, but I can't get anything above 640 x 480 resolution. There must be an issue with the graphics card I have. It's an NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200. Oh well, I'll have to just hold on to my old computer and use that just for Fractint.
Bill