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Stuttering and/or lagged scroll in old MS-DOS games

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First post, by Señor Ventura

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Surely all of you would remember all of those games that ran with stuttering, or abrupt scroll. One example is "raptor: call of shadows", in wich the stuttering of the background is so strong that breaks the scroll in various parts.

https://youtu.be/grXkzisSEM4?t=529

By then, one could thought that has no solution, but i wonder if there is some way to fix this kind of issues in so much games... Is it fault of the graphics card?, Wich models of graphic cards are recommended to avoid this stuttering/lagged scroll?.

Let's talk about that...

Reply 1 of 3, by Joseph_Joestar

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What are your system specs?

Some graphics cards have issues with certain DOS games. See this compatibility chart for more details. Also, using DVI instead of VGA can cause problems since some cards force 60 Hz over DVI while most DOS games run at 70 Hz natively.

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Reply 2 of 3, by Caluser2000

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2021-07-14, 01:59:

What are your system specs?

This very impotent to solve your current problem OP. Otherwise we'll have to consult our crystal balls...😉

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Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 3 of 3, by Señor Ventura

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2021-07-14, 01:59:

What are your system specs?

Some graphics cards have issues with certain DOS games. See this compatibility chart for more details. Also, using DVI instead of VGA can cause problems since some cards force 60 Hz over DVI while most DOS games run at 70 Hz natively.

So, in some cases the graphics card could be fine, but not the monitor, ¿right?.

I have an S3 trio 64v+, and i have an G40 ibm monitor from an ibm aptiva.

Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-07-14, 02:19:
Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2021-07-14, 01:59:

What are your system specs?

This very impotent to solve your current problem OP. Otherwise we'll have to consult our crystal balls...😉

In a beginning, i would have conformed only knowing if it can be fixed in some way, but my specs are the already mentioned just right up ^^

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