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Re: VGA - SVGA: VGA sucks? No way...

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From: don... Miklos Donders
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:00
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In article <32A54E10...@fhpv.umb.sk>, Kerry <ke...@fhpv.umb.sk> writes:
>Dave Glue wrote:
>> 
>> Samurai <snow...@msn.com> wrote in article <32A3BD...@msn.com>...
>> > Till computers get faster, I'll run my games in VGA for the raw speed and
>> 
>> > playability, immersion if you prefer.  (3D games like DUKE and QUAKE).
>> > But you won't catch me playing the DOS version of RED ALERT, heh heh.
>> 
>> Computers are faster- you just don't have one of them.  :)  People with
>> good Pentiums can play Duke at 800*600 at over 30fps, and Quake at 512*384
>> smoothly (more so if you have a Verite-based board).  VGA does suck- may be
>> acceptable for you, but once you get a machine where you can run SVGA
>> smoothly it's hard to go back.
>
>Oh, vga sucks? really?... and how you can run vga-only game in svga?
>Running in a 5x5cm window in w95? Disgusting...
>tell me why all the multi-resolution games are so poorly designed
>- Quake: run at 320x200, burns good, menus, fonts, panels, and so,
>  are good. Switching to 640x480, everyting(still talking
> about menus,etc) is smaaaller, and when switching to 1024x768,
> can ya see your ammo, health, etc?
>- Abuse: 320x200, character and everything is good, but after switching
>  to higher res's, everything gets so small, like to play Abuse
>  with settlers character?
>Is this so big problem to make everything equivalent at every
>resolution?

does abuse have hi-res?!?! how do I activate this?

Miklos
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From: don...@cs.utwente.nl (Miklos Donders)
Subject: Re: VGA - SVGA: VGA sucks? No way...
Date: 1996/12/04
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