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Voodoo Banshee PCI -- can't change resolution above 640x480

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First post, by kolderman

Posted on 2021-11-06, 04:46

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I am testing a Banshee 16MB PCI card under Win98 -- I have tried installed a bunch of different drivers, but not matter what, I can't select a resolution above 640x480.

I can select True color and it works, but the resolution options just are not available in the windows control panel.

Is there a very specific driver I need to be using or something? Is the card faulty? The graphics appear fine.

Reply 1 of 7, by kixs

Posted on 2021-11-06, 16:13

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Change the monitor type to something else...

Requests are also possible... /msg kixs

Reply 2 of 7, by SSTV2

Posted on 2021-11-06, 16:24

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Try to reinstall DirectX?

Reply 3 of 7, by kolderman

Posted on 2021-11-06, 18:30

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SSTV2 wrote on 2021-11-06, 16:24:

Try to reinstall DirectX?

This was a fresh install -- no DX yet....can that make a difference to 2D desktop resolution?

Reply 4 of 7, by kolderman

Posted on 2021-11-06, 18:31

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kixs wrote on 2021-11-06, 16:13:

Change the monitor type to something else...

Ill try this.

Reply 5 of 7, by LubieCipy

Posted on 2021-11-06, 19:38

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Install latest drivers by Control panel -> add new hardware 😀

Reply 6 of 7, by Joseph_Joestar

Posted on 2021-11-06, 19:58

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kolderman wrote on 2021-11-06, 18:30:

This was a fresh install -- no DX yet....can that make a difference to 2D desktop resolution?

Yes.

I had the latest reference Voodoo3 drivers fail because DirectX 7.0a wasn't installed. The readme of that driver pack does state that DX7 needs to be installed beforehand and that the drivers were designed with that in mind.

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Athlon64 3400+ / Asus K8V-MX / 5900XT / Audigy2
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 970 / X-Fi

Reply 7 of 7, by kolderman

Posted on 2021-11-06, 20:23

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It was the monitor selection that did it -- I am installed DX7 though just to be sure. Thanks.

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