why only 16 colors (W98)

[latenighttv]

i bought a used desktop pc that works ok, but for some reason it only displays 16 colors, no matter what i can do, it still only gives me 16 colors, i have installed the nvida for it. at first i thought that it didn't do it's job, when i tried to go back and do it again the message that i got was that the best driver is already working (best meaning the one that i just installed)

so what is it that i need to do to fix this?

when i go to the settings tab it only gives me the option of 2 or 16 colors.

i'll even try making a little computer voodoo doll if it will help...

any help will be appriciated...

[homeflash]

replace a video card.. that will fix your problem

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[The_Dude]

Sounds like it is only a very basic video card, probably has less that 1 meg or ram on it. What resolution are you running it at? If it's something like 1024 x 680, reduce it and you may get more colors. You may have to replace it with a better card to get what you want.

PC performance buffs have long measured hardware advances using a few simple metrics: Is it faster? Is it bigger? Does it have more blinky lights?

[dudeinAmerica]

Sometimes an incorrect video card driver can cause things to go crazy. Are you sure you have the very latest version of your VGA driver?

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