VESA VBE & GP2

hi ! I was looking for an alternative (free !) to Scitech's UniVBE last night, .. found one that supports S3 chipsets only - S3 VBE/Core 2.0 ver 3.02 by Dietmar Meschede. (http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/~mesched/ I then tested it with GP2 ... the only difference reported by gp2log.txt is in this line : Found Vesa Version:00000102h ----> Found Vesa Version:00000200h Anybody know what that means ? My video speed is still at 239 (STB Trio 64v+ PCI 2 mb DRAM)... no change. Should I get UniVBE 5.2 instead ? What kind of improvement should I be expecting in GP2 ? regards, hisham.

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>hi ! >I was looking for an alternative (free !) to Scitech's UniVBE last night, >.. found one that supports S3 chipsets only - S3 VBE/Core 2.0 ver 3.02 >by Dietmar Meschede. (http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/~mesched/) >I then tested it with GP2 ... the only difference reported by gp2log.txt >is in this line : >Found Vesa Version:00000102h ----> Found Vesa Version:00000200h >Anybody know what that means ? >My video speed is still at 239 (STB Trio 64v+ PCI 2 mb DRAM)... no change. >Should I get UniVBE 5.2 instead ? What kind of improvement should I be >expecting in GP2 ? >regards, >hisham.

Hisham.....Sorry to tell you but UniVBE 5.2 does'nt work with GP2 ! I have both of them . I'm running a Pentium Overdrive 83mhz /12meg/1meg vid. S3VBE gave me 3 more fps. Now I'm at 19.3 fps in (sad) VGA. Runs pretty fast . UniVBe works real well with ICR2 , but not Nascar!

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>hi ! >I was looking for an alternative (free !) to Scitech's UniVBE last night, >.. found one that supports S3 chipsets only - S3 VBE/Core 2.0 ver 3.02 >by Dietmar Meschede. (http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/~mesched/) >I then tested it with GP2 ... the only difference reported by gp2log.txt >is in this line : >Found Vesa Version:00000102h ----> Found Vesa Version:00000200h >Anybody know what that means ?

Hi, this line tells you the Vesa Version No. of your Video Card. The "Hardware Vesa Version" (means: included on your VidCard) in your case is V 1.02 and after running the Vesa Driver, it is upgraded to V 2.0 ... which should be faster, but I have not tested it myself yet. NB: You can also check for your Vesa Version with the DOS Prog <MSD>. Have a nice day, Goran

: >>by Dietmar Meschede. (http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/~mesched/) : >>I then tested it with GP2 ... the only difference reported by gp2log.txt : >>is in this line : : > : >>Found Vesa Version:00000102h ----> Found Vesa Version:00000200h : > : >>Anybody know what that means ? yes, they are VBE versions... 1.2 being old (always reported as 102h), and 2.0 being the newer version that has LFB 32bit etc.. : Thats not true I have SDD5.2 and it works just fine for me. he meant it doesnt speed anything up... which depending on your video card, might be true. : card or chipset, you need to try it for youself . SDD5.2 work wit : everything I have except EF2000. : But if the program isn't setup to use the vesa2.0 standard its not : going to make much if any difference in speed. : : Doess GP2 support vesa2.0 ? not according to the gp2 docs... -- ------- Carlos Ribas President MalSoft http://www.nol.net/~draconis

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>>hi ! >>I was looking for an alternative (free !) to Scitech's UniVBE last night, >>.. found one that supports S3 chipsets only - S3 VBE/Core 2.0 ver 3.02 >>by Dietmar Meschede. (http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/~mesched/) >>I then tested it with GP2 ... the only difference reported by gp2log.txt >>is in this line : >>Found Vesa Version:00000102h ----> Found Vesa Version:00000200h >>Anybody know what that means ? >>My video speed is still at 239 (STB Trio 64v+ PCI 2 mb DRAM)... no change. >>Should I get UniVBE 5.2 instead ? What kind of improvement should I be >>expecting in GP2 ? >>regards, >>hisham. > Hisham.....Sorry to tell you but UniVBE 5.2 does'nt work with GP2 ! >I have both of them . I'm running a Pentium Overdrive 83mhz >/12meg/1meg vid. S3VBE gave me 3 more fps. Now I'm at 19.3 fps in >(sad) VGA. Runs pretty fast . UniVBe works real well with ICR2 , but >not Nascar!

Thats not true I have SDD5.2 and it works just fine for me. I have a stealth64 dram Don't let anyone tell sdd5.2 does not work because it could be the card or chipset, you need to try it for youself . SDD5.2 work wit everything I have except EF2000. But if the program isn't setup to use the vesa2.0 standard its not going to make much if any difference in speed. Doess GP2 support vesa2.0 ?