rec.autos.simulators

>   My N99 and GPL have been having a video problem with my new system.
>Voodoo3 3000.  I'm not sure what it is, but the screen jumps, then seems
>to be compressed from the bottom and then resized.  this happens about
>once every one or two seconds.  over and over again.  
>  Now I've found one thing.  I rezised my desktop down to 800x600, no
>problems in the desktop, only in the  games.  But when I lowered the res
>again to 640x480, my desktop started jumping too.  Falcon 4.0 had the
>same problem, but when I chose a banshee setting, that fixed itself.
>Unfortunately, N99 and or Gpl doesn't have a Banshee listing in the
>video options :>  
>  any takers??

>    My N99 and GPL have been having a video problem with my new system.
> Voodoo3 3000.  I'm not sure what it is, but the screen jumps, then seems
> to be compressed from the bottom and then resized.  this happens about
> once every one or two seconds.  over and over again.
>   Now I've found one thing.  I rezised my desktop down to 800x600, no
> problems in the desktop, only in the  games.  But when I lowered the res
> again to 640x480, my desktop started jumping too.  Falcon 4.0 had the
> same problem, but when I chose a banshee setting, that fixed itself.
> Unfortunately, N99 and or Gpl doesn't have a Banshee listing in the
> video options :>
>   any takers??

> I wonder if this might not be tied to your refresh rate.  If you're right on
> the edge, say you're set to 75Hz and your system can only handle 75.5, there
> may be times when the system can't keep up and you experience wierd
> anomalies.  I'm not exactly sure how this works, but I would imagine that if
> the monitor didn't have time to display a completely new frame at the given
> refresh rate, it might momentarily default to a lower refresh for that frame
> or frames, then switch back again.  How that lower refresh rate would
> interact with your monitor, adapter and desktop settings might generate the
> problems you're experiencing.  Just guessing here.

>             Zog

> >    My N99 and GPL have been having a video problem with my new system.
> > Voodoo3 3000.  I'm not sure what it is, but the screen jumps, then seems
> > to be compressed from the bottom and then resized.  this happens about
> > once every one or two seconds.  over and over again.
> >   Now I've found one thing.  I rezised my desktop down to 800x600, no
> > problems in the desktop, only in the  games.  But when I lowered the res
> > again to 640x480, my desktop started jumping too.  Falcon 4.0 had the
> > same problem, but when I chose a banshee setting, that fixed itself.
> > Unfortunately, N99 and or Gpl doesn't have a Banshee listing in the
> > video options :>
> >   any takers??