lots of the inexpensive (cheap) video cards - Cirrus, Trident, Alliance etc
etc, have the same issues. The drivers now rely on the directx stuff and
won't run correctly on the vanilla VGA or SuperVGA drivers - they'll give
exactly the symptoms below.
If you can't get the drivers, or can't get them to work, as Kerry suggests,
a better card is the best option. We've founf the 4mb (yes that's all)
Diamond Viper or Matrox cards are fine with new drivers.
The other thing that seems to cause this sort of stuff is cheap main-boards
with fast AGP port rates (100Mhz) with some video cards. Our answer has been
to stick with "Brand" PCI cards until the dust settles, which it seems to be
doing now.
Max
[Kerry Said]
Aren't these symptoms of a cruddy S3 video card?
S3 or not, try updating your video drivers, or trying a new card.
Kerry S
--- Steven Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We have a problem ...
>
> We have just put in some new machines and are getting the following
> two distortions on some / all of them.
>
> 1. "Some" images on the icons on the tool bar on our apps are badly
> distorted. Every time you compile them the images come out bad but
> never exactly the same. Not all machines have the problems but
> running an app with distorted images on a machine that doesn't
> distort gives bad results.
> On the "bad" machine delphi's toolbar images are distorted but no
> other apps. I thought it might be ComCtl32.dll. Have got it up
> to date but no solution there. Any thoughts??
>
> 2. The 2nd problem may have been happening for a while and I just
> haven't noticed .... When you have one form opened on top of
> another form (common) and drag the top form around (less common) it
> ghosts. ie It leaves its image behind to be smothered by the next
> image that goes overtop of it. The effect is like what you get
> when you win the MS Patience card game. Also a little like some
> screen savers!. How do I stop this from happening?
>
> Steven
> Director
>
> Wild Software Ltd
> P O Box 33-216
> Christchurch
> NEW ZEALAND
>
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List -
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
>
>
_______________________________________________________________
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get your free @yahoo.com.au address at http://mail.yahoo.com.au
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
