Subj : Video problem
To   : Charles Scaglione
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Thu May 26 2005 09:56 am

Charles Scaglione wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 CS> I doubt seriously it was caused by DirectX.  Unless you
 CS> were trying to do some 3D work with an older version of DirectX
 CS> that doesn't support 3D, it should have no impact on color depth. 

Wasn't anything like that.  It does seem odd that the problem went away when I 
got a later version of DirectX, however.

 CS> Color depth and resolution is controlled by your video card and its
 CS> supported drivers.  You didn't mention which card you own and
 CS> whether or not you have the latest drivers for it.  Some cards
 CS> (most notably ATI) are very sensitive to which drivers are being
 CS> used.

I mentioned the card in my original message.  It's an ATI Rage 2000 Pro with 
32MB of memory.  I have the latest drivers for the card from ATI, specifically 
for W2K.  I also mentioned that W2K was the only OS I had that problem with.  
On the same box, I've had Linux Mandrake 9.0, Windows ME and XP without that 
video problem.

 CS> In any event, since your problem seems to be resolved, have fun. 

Thanks for the reply.

A special thanks to George V. for his usual amusing message.  (-:


Regards,

Roger 
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