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Kensupen
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Posted: 16th May 2004 19:19
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Am I the only one that thinks 320x240 resolution should be illegal and abolished? I mean, I refuse to run any snippet/code that uses the line set display mode 320,240,16 or 32. It's archaic and slower than 800x600 on most newer video cards.

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ReD_eYe
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Posted: 16th May 2004 19:30
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any peice of code/program in particular?

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Jimmy
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I actually had to set to 320x240 for an application I had writtin in DBPro, because that's the only way I could get the cpu usage down to 0-1%

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Wik
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Posted: 17th May 2004 04:16
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Its the only resolution in which i can draw to the screen in c++


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TKF15H
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320x240x8 was my favorite resolution when I programmed in DOS. It was the fastest one, mainly because we could mess with the video memory directly to plot pixels. Today, video cards have other ways of doing things so 320x240 is no longer better. Unless you're running something REALLY heavy on your system. Though even then, it wouldn't be much of a difference.

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Everwhat Studios
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Posted: 17th May 2004 05:48 Edited at: 17th May 2004 05:49
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320x240 rules. It reminds me of DOS games, and some games can look more stylish in it. If I ever develop an old school sprite based 2d fighting game (street fighter/final fight) or platformer (Sonic/Mario) there's no other standard res I would consider Plus its cool seeing high quality 3d rendered in such a small ammount of pixels. Reminds me of the good old days of Doom, Duke3D Rise of the Triad and Terminal Velocity

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Van B
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Posted: 17th May 2004 14:06
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It's a nice small res for tiny apps, like if you wanted a neat little mp3 player, 320x240 would be a good res IMO. It should certainly never be considered as a full screen resolution these days though unless your making a retro game.


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Ian T
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Posted: 17th May 2004 19:56 Edited at: 17th May 2004 19:59
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320x240 kicks ass! 320x200 does too of course. What a reminder of good old days!

If you're considering it for a game you're making that isn't, as Van said, retro, however, you need a frontal lobotomy (or a good long talk with Quoth-The-Raven which does the same thing, only messier).

I mean, to add some persective, games released four years ago, that's in 2000, supported 1600x1200 resolution, 32 bit color, with 3d acceleration. Upcoming games-- take the new Unreal 3 technology-- support god knows how many resolutions and 64 bit color. Even 640x480 resolution is quite archaic and very rare in modern games (the HUDs just don't fit).

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Gery
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256x256x8 is the better
the neweest nVidia drivers are support it!

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