#VIDEO MODE 640X480 SOFTWARE DRIVERS APPARENTLY HAVE#
#VIDEO MODE 640X480 SOFTWARE FULL SCREEN MODE#

Firmwares prior to this had a more restricted set of modes, and all video modes. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution is controlled by different factors in cathode ray tube (CRT) displays, flat-panel displays (including liquid-crystal displays) and projection displays. The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.

Video Mode 640X480 Software Full Screen Mode

When such video streams are either encoded from HD frames or played back on HD displays in full screen mode (either 720p or 1080p) they are scaled by non-integer scale factors. A refresh rate of as high as 70 Hz is required and a smoothing scrolling hard. It is required to have pixels of 800 horizontal and 600 lines. Color pallet of the value 262, 144, selectable 28.322 MHz master clock or 25.175 MHz. VGA has several specifications that include video RAM that is of 256 KB, 256 or 16 color system.

I'm posting this for posterity's sake, and for Google users as well. These are hints and tips from my collective experience from hooking up different (not always compatible or intended) displays to my Windows machines, old and new alike, at different (most typically not supported) display modes and resolutions. It's documented here, but the current interface looks different: Unfortunately this isn't a general solution it didn't work for 640x480, and I don't know if it works for other video cards.Warning: this post is loooooooo- wait for it -ooong. 800x600 worked, 640x480 didn't.

I use them because they're mature technology, so they're reliable (well, UltraMon is, in any case). These are paid-for programs, and I am in no way affiliated with them or their makers, nor do I receive anything for any endorsement of any kind. You put these instructions/hints into practice at your own risk.Please note that I am referencing two particular software products: PowerStrip and UltraMon. Therefore all solutions are provided as-is, and I take no responsibility for any damages resulting from applying (or misapplying) them. There is a possibility that all of these will fail, in which case you're simply - out of luck.Please be advised that some solutions provided here are advanced-tech-stuff and/or hacks, and can potentially make you unable to use a display, or - in extreme cases (though I know of exactly 0 such cases) - could damage your display and/or card.

Video Mode 640X480 Software Drivers Apparently Have

Windows XP and above will, by default, not allow 640x480, but at least Windows XP can run at this resolution (and even display a baloon tip that it's below the minimum recommended, which is 800x600). CRTs (the big, bulky ones) shouldn't have a problem with going low-res.Please note: not being able to go low-res (800x600, 640x480) may be caused by either Windows not letting you, or the display not letting you (or both, in fact). These are generally a right pain in the proverbial behind, because they have a fixed 'native' resolution, and drivers apparently have been made to keep yours there. Let's begin.I am assuming you have an LCD (or some other non-CRT-based) display as a monitor.

Have faith.II) you want to try forcing the display resolution (any display)You could try using a program that forces custom resolutions, like PowerStrip. Many fullscreen applications have ways to switch resolutions ( if they're truly fullscreen, that is) above and beyond what Windows will allow. It may be a pain to switch between the displays, but hey - you're already doing something not expected nowadays.Windows may not allow you to change into 640x480, but the game may be able to run in this mode without so much as a whimper, on a CRT. But - if the display itself shuts off when you try to force the low resolution, it may be not accepting it on the hardware level, in which case the only solution is to use a different display.- If you are on a PC (a stand-alone machine) - two possibilitiesI) you have an old CRT display (the big and bulky kind) around somewhere The fastest way you could do what you want might be to find an old CRT laying around somewhere and hook it up.

If the game doesn't do resolution refresh (as in, doesn't try to change the resolution when the display is already at the desired one), then switching the resolution and then launching the game should help.If it helps at all, I don't use the stock nVidia drivers - I go with TweakForce (formerly Tweaks'r'Us) all the way. (but - if you lack the knowledge, you will pick it up on the way, trust me)Again, theoretically, you should be able to either add 640x480 if it doesn't exist (this should work about always), or override it if it exists already but isn't accessible (this may conflict).If the game doesn't properly switch to the desired resolution after starting (which can always happen - using PowerStrip is basically a hack here), then alt-tab out of it and switch the resolutions manually via its notification area right-click menu. All this, while remembering that modern displays don't even KNOW what 'interlaced' is.Please bear in mind that this will require a lot of back-and-forth, a significant time investment, and will require knowledge to pull it off. I have three cards I've done this with, all nVidia - the GeForce 210, GeForce GTX 550 Ti and a GeForce 7600 GT. This works equally well on Windows XP x64 and Windows 7 x64. It requires 720x576 at 50Hz interlaced (with a REALLY low pixel clock, something to the order of 15kHz), and it works like a charm.

NVidia's) will allow you to do this. But you can't drag a fullscreen display mode.What you want to do, is to make the external monitor the primary display. Err, window, to where you want it. The only way to have them elsewhere is to drag their stubborn ass. And the thing about games is that they will always run on what is considered the primary display.

All sorts of weird stuff can follow (incl. Sometimes the game will behave as if alt-tabbed when this happens. But there's a catch here as well - many games assume single-display mode and don't lock their controls down, which means that whenever you reach the display boundary w/ the mouse, it will 'pop out' and the game will lose focus.

However, UltraMon (or other similar piece of software) will come to your aid, as it has the ability to force a particular display off, no matter what the device driver says about this function's availability for the end-user.PLEASE BE ADVISED! PowerStrip and/or UltraMon by default runs at startup, and can be configured (by accident or intentionally) to apply the default settings right at startup. If you can do this, it would be the holy grail here, but not all laptop display card drivers allow access to this function (I think many do not). That way it will be single-display (no boundaries to worry about) AND it will be the primary (the only one, in fact).

Worst-case scenario - you can disable PowerStrip's (or UltraMon's) startup from the Safe Mode (msconfig is your friend), which will eliminate the problem altogether.Also, if the problem is with PowerStrip, hard-rebooting the machine will force it to ask if you'd like to disable the default configuration as it will sense that the last time it was running, the computer aborted unexpectedly and it may be at fault here.If you really don't want to fiddle with the external display, or if you don't have a port for it anyways (some laptops don't), then.II) you want to try to force the resolution as-is (any display)Exactly like in II) for the PC, but keep in mind that many laptop displays won't allow custom resolutions. Just keep it in mind so you don't panic if this happens to you. Of course, hooking up the external display will solve this problem (a reboot may be required), so it's no biggie.

If you wanted to play games on the really old, fixed-resolution displays (like for the Apple Lisa - or the TV I mentioned.), you can't do it with software alone. Just don't hook 'em up to the Internet, as this might kill them even before you sit back down from connecting the Ethernet cable ( msblaster or sasser, anyone?).It could have been worse, you know. That's why it's always advised to keep an old box or two around for the nostalgia value - they're guaranteed to work with the old games.