S3 Virge can be a nightmare on Windows systems. The company that produced them is out of business. There are still drivers archived, although choosing the correct one must be done carefully. You probably will be o.k. updating for Win98 or maybe even Win98 SE as long as you're using Win95 drivers (Win98 and SE were expensive bug fixes for Win95) ... but I wouldn't try it (--from personal experience) on WinMe, Win2K or WinXP (these are listed for others who read this) because the available drivers either can't be installed successfully (windows doesn't recognize or use them) or they crash the card.
Have you considered changing to a more mainstream card? Erik robin wrote: > George Baker wrote: > >> Hi - I've just upgraded from a 486 to a P166 with a S3 Virge DX/GX PCI >> graphics card with 2MB memory. Installed MDK 7.0 today but can't get X >> desktop to display properly. There is a jagged box under the curser and >> lines running through the display. If I move a window it leaves shadows >> behind. >> I was running Win95 on the 486 with built in graphics and in 800X600 >> res it >> would fill up my whole screen. Now on my P166 with WIN98 there are >> gaps on >> either side of the display (also in 800X600 ) - same monitor. >> Do I need an updated driver for the S3 Virge? or how can I fix both >> the MDK >> and WIN problems. >> > That card is an absolute bugger (if you restart X, you'll see amongst > the messages flashing down the screen something like "Found an S3 card > -ugh"). I installed 7.0 on a similar system and got it working > eventually - you just need to play around with the X settings at > random until something works - I'm sorry, I can't remember the > configuration I found. My advice is to upgrade to at least 7.2, which > should handle this well (I found 7.2 to be good at handling old > hardware). 8.0 should also work OK, 8.1 is problematic in general > (though can be made to work if you don't mind some hacking if you want > supermount). I haven't tried 8.2 with that card, and 9.0 - let's see. > > For Windows, I'd say yes, download the latest driver. 486s and > Pentiums work pretty differently AFAIK. > > Sir Robin > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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