Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/02/13/17:52:15
By changing the colour depth to 15 bit, the program runs at the correct
frame rate.
If I set the colour depth to 16bit, and then call 'set_gfx_mode', this
causes the program to crash. How can I tell if the colour depth that is
selected will work on someone elses computer.
Gary Smith
Gary Smith wrote in message <7a4ma6$kv4$1 AT nclient3-gui DOT server DOT virgin DOT net>...
>Help.
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>I have been working on a program using Winallegro as the graphics library.
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>I have just upgraded my graphics card from a Matrox Mystique, 4MB to an ATI
>Rage LT PRO, 8MB.
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>With the Matrox card, I could run the program in 15bit, 16bit, 24bit & 32
>bit at a reasonable frame rate. With the ATI card, the program now runs
at
>approximately 10% of its previous speed.
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>The ATI card should be faster than the Matrox card.
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>I have tried setting various colour depths with no luck.
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>Any suggestions.
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>Gary Smith
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