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by **J.J** » Sun, 06 Oct 1996 04:00:00

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Could he even play the game if he's in 256 mode? I'm not trying to be
smart here, but why would he be in 256 mode, especisally for graphics?

C-Ya!,
J.J.};->

by **Tony R** » Sun, 06 Oct 1996 04:00:00

>>>>Placing bmp's on whoever's web page instead of jam's saves a lot of
>>>>space and that's probably important to them.
>>>>Jpg's...sure they can be small but the picture quality suffers.
>>>>When I download jpg's that I want to keep I normaly revert them to
>>>>gif's as they look much better.

>>JPEG images converted back to GIFs look much better?! Than what?

>>Given the fact that you are just reducing the bpp from 24 to 8, I find
>that
>>highly unlikely. Now if you had an original scan or pic and kept a
>Steady on!

>Consider another possibility before you jump on his case - maybe he's
>running a 256-colour video mode, and his graphics driver is doing a
>poor job dithering JPEG 24-bit down to 8-bit GIF. That might account
>for why it looks better for him ...

>James

James has the right answer :)
I'm using an old Tseng Labs W32p and anything more than 256 colours in
Win95 is pretty slow. Someone else mentioned it could be my jpg
viewer, I use either Qpeg or Paintshop Pro. All I've noticed is that
when i convert jpg's to gif's, they do look better, although much
larger.

Tony

by **Tony R** » Sun, 06 Oct 1996 04:00:00

>>Consider another possibility before you jump on his case - maybe he's
>>running a 256-colour video mode, and his graphics driver is doing a
>>poor job dithering JPEG 24-bit down to 8-bit GIF. That might account
>>for why it looks better for him ...

>>James
>Could he even play the game if he's in 256 mode? I'm not trying to be
>smart here, but why would he be in 256 mode, especisally for graphics?

Because the old Tseng Labs card in my P166 is just too slow.
I'm waiting to see what happens with the new 3D cards before I buy
something new. Maybe the Voodoo, maybe the Rendition. Still not sure
though.
Your reply brings me to a question though, GP2 is a Dos game and
as far as I know doesn't use more than 256 colours. Or does it?

Tony

by **James Bev** » Sun, 06 Oct 1996 04:00:00

> [...]

> >Consider another possibility before you jump on his case - maybe
he's
> >running a 256-colour video mode, and his graphics driver is doing a
> >poor job dithering JPEG 24-bit down to 8-bit GIF. That might
account
> >for why it looks better for him ...

> >James
> >--
> >James Bevan

> [...]

> Could he even play the game if he's in 256 mode? I'm not trying to be
> smart here, but why would he be in 256 mode, especisally for
graphics?

> C-Ya!,
> J.J.};->

I've no idea, J.J. ... perhaps the person we're arguing over can clear
this up and tell us his configuration. Or we can drop it and leave him
preferring 8-bit to 24-bit?

James

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