A better 800x600

[spihunter]

Hey Goose,

How does the HighGfx on the Indivision mode compare to running DblNTSC
on a regular RGB-VGA adaptor speed wise?. I remember DblNTSC being slower
on an 030/AGA but it was fine for Octamed and programs that let you choose screen modes.

I am advocating for a better 800 x 600 screen mode for people who have an AGA / ECS Indivision. Why? because the one you get by using the old Amiga modes ( think this super hi res something ) does not upscale through the Indivision hardware well.

800x600 gives a good size screen but will be noticeably more responsive then the HighGfx mode of 1024x768. Wondering if any one else has come to this conclusion, need for  a better 800x600 screen mode.

Could the HighGfx driver be modified? Other ideas?

[spihunter]

Thanks for posting that. that looks plenty fast for what I'll be doing. I'm about to have my first real A1200 that I've had in a while. I'll have to try out fblit as well.

Yeah it sure is. The blurriness of the camera hides the dithering a bit, but it still looks pretty neat for 16 colours, especially at that high resolution. Good thing though is if people think it looks okay, then it should look almost as good in 800x600 on an ECS machine.

[spihunter]

Thanks for putting that together nicholas!. I'm looking forward to trying all that out. Still will be a week or two before I have the new machine setup......

Just been sorting out what tweaks I shall be applying to my new miggies and thought I'd share them with you too.

Blizkick to map KS ROM into Fast RAM
FBlit 3.7xms
FScreen
System Patch 3.3
CMQ030 or CMQ060
Latest 040-060 libs
Executive
Keyfile for Executive
AfA_OS 4.7
AfA_OS Zune(MUI) 4.7
SmartWB

There are a few more that I'll add to this list when I remember them.  Piru's Exec44 is one of the ones i'll possibly use and maybe Cybergraphics AGA too.