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

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From: Kerry
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:00
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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?
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From: Kerry <ke...@fhpv.umb.sk>
Subject: Re: VGA - SVGA: VGA sucks? No way...
Date: 1996/12/04
Message-ID: <32A54E10.2781E494@fhpv.umb.sk>
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