Hyper Paint Requirements
Saturday, April 26, 2003 by deleted | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
In WindowBlinds, in the Basic Settings:Performance window, the ability to use Hyper Paint is disabled, and it says (disabled if no hardware support), and I was wondering what level of hardware is required to use Hyper Paint. Thanks for your time!
Stumpy
Reply #2 Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:23 AM
Reply #2 Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:23 AM
Sorry forgot to mention that you will a graphic card with a minimum of 16mb onboard memory 
Michael Ficarra
Reply #4 Saturday, April 26, 2003 3:10 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, April 26, 2003 3:10 PM
That not nice, now is it? I do too, but that's still not nice to make fun of ppl with old comps, even if it is funny.
GreenReaper
Reply #5 Saturday, April 26, 2003 3:28 PM
Reply #5 Saturday, April 26, 2003 3:28 PM
I suspect it also needs some level of hardware support in the drivers. Some cards simply don't offer the necessary support.
da_zman20
Reply #6 Saturday, April 26, 2003 5:55 PM
Reply #6 Saturday, April 26, 2003 5:55 PM
i believe that is true about the drivers... but if you don't have a card with more than sixteen megs.. don't be sad it is very cheap for a 16 megs card... 
and no offense, not trying to make fun 
just saying that I've never had a problem with hyper paint on my old slow computer...(just because I bought a good video card and everything else crappy)
and no offense, not trying to make fun 
just saying that I've never had a problem with hyper paint on my old slow computer...(just because I bought a good video card and everything else crappy)
sig101
Reply #7 Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:26 PM
Reply #7 Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:26 PM
I'm not sure if I understand what you mean. Are you seeing the entire function disabled and unavailable or just that the option box is unchecked by default? I think I recall that when I was using my old W98 pc the feature option was faded out and disabled. On my new PC it seems that by default even if the feature is available, the box is unchecked. Sorry for my ponderousness, but I thought I'd mention that just in case it was just that the box is unchecked by default.
deleted
Reply #8 Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:08 PM
Reply #8 Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:08 PM
Thanks guys for all you help. My computer isnt old, it is just that I built it on my own, and decided to skimp on the graphics card. I am running XP and everything. I guess that I will have to upgrade. Anyway, thanks for all your responses again.
deleted
Reply #9 Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:09 PM
Reply #9 Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:09 PM
oops! meant to say "XP and everything has updated drivers"
DavidK
Reply #10 Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:59 PM
Reply #10 Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:59 PM
It's another one of those severely under-documented features. As I understand it, the graphics chip must support the feature. Not all graphics chips do. My notebook with a GeForce2Go supports it but I have no idea if it's helping or how to set the slider for window resolution threshold. I've disabled it, set the threshold higher, lower and never noticed any difference.
deleted
Reply #11 Sunday, April 27, 2003 7:32 AM
Reply #11 Sunday, April 27, 2003 7:32 AM
My SiS305 32 Meg Graphics card has the most up-to-date drivers, but still the Hyper Paint checkbox is disabled and grayed-out. Anyone have any ideas as to why this isnt working?
deleted
Reply #13 Sunday, April 27, 2003 8:30 AM
Reply #13 Sunday, April 27, 2003 8:30 AM
How can I tell whether or not a graphics card supports it? (For instance, if I were to buy a new card, how would I know that I am getting one that supports hyper paint?) Thank you for your help, David
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Reply #1 Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:57 AM