First post, by jams775
I've been searching around for a while about this but I can't seem to find anyone with a similar issue (maybe I've been searching poorly).
I'll try to cut to the chase here, Every time I load up a game in DOS (from Windows 98 shortcut that reboots into dos for gaming); if it has mouse control, when I move the mouse around on the screen it leaves vertical bars evenly across the screen. It seems to happen in the spots that maybe don't get redrawn? Like in parts of the HUD of System Shock but not in the main view port. If I increase the resolution in System Shock to 640x480 the bars get smaller than 320x200.
Edit: I forgot to mention that when I moved the mouse I noticed the music slowed a bit. I think it did it while moving in general but I don't remember for sure. I don't know if that is related or not though.
I was thinking maybe it has something to do with mouse drivers or loading them in the wrong order? This doesn't happen while in Windows at all, just DOS. I can try to provide an image if need be. The Autoexec.bat and Config.sys are pretty much default save for loading the CD, Mouse, and Sound.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Update:
I've narrowed the problem down to either the graphics card or the AGP slot. Since I don't have another AGP card to test it against I won't be able to confirm. Does anybody have any experience with an ATI 8500dv in dos? It seems to work perfectly in windows but I get that weird artifacting in dos games.
So my options are keep the 8500dv and deal with the lines.
Put in a
PCI Geforce MX4000 64MB card
or
ATI 7000 64MB card
neither showed lines while testing system shock, but I'm not confident they can run a game like Half-Life (which I just tested on the 8500dv and it ran fine).
So what should I do?
System Specs:
Dell Dimension XPS T500 (My PC from my teen years)
Intel Pentium III 500Mhz
128 MB RAM
Yamaha DS-XG 724 OnBoard Sound
ATI Raedon All-In-Wonder 8500dv