Whether under Windows 98 or other operating systems: The graphics card is the component of your computer that is responsible for the visual events on the monitor. Click hereto find out more about this hardware and the technical terms now used.
In many cases, Windows 98 recognizes the graphics card and automatically sets the most ergonomic Resolution, Color depth and Refresh rateso that your eyes don't get tired at work. Unfortunately, Win98 only offers standard drivers, which cannot exploit the true potential of the card in terms of performance and functions. For this reason, it is advisable to use the manufacturer's specially tailored drivers.
How Win 98 recognizes the graphics card
In besonders harten Fällen erkennt Windows 98 ihre Grafikhardware überhaupt nicht und setzt niedrige Standartwerte. Hier sehen Sie ein Beispiel mit der mageren Auflösung von 640×480 und spärlichen 16 Farben bei augenschmerzenden 60Hz:
Gegen diesen Zustand kommen Sie nur mit den Herstellertreibern an – erst danach verwandelt sich das lieblose und schädliche Monitorbild in eine Augenweide. Und so gehen Sie vor:
1. Choose from this list the appropriate manufacturer for your graphics card and visit their driver pages to download the latest versions. For owners of Nvidia GeForce cards, I can highly recommend the driver labeled Nvidia Detonator 44.03, as it is the fastest and most stable driver in the large Detonator series to date. You can find this and many others on www.guru3d.com. If your card is running a Kyro II chip from PowerVR, I recommend the latest reference driver from www.powervr.com
2. In particularly convenient cases, the downloaded file is an installation program that you run directly by double-clicking. Sometimes a special obstacle is placed in the way: The files are in ZIP format, which you first convert into a readable format by right-clicking on the file and selecting Extract from the menu. The program www.winace.com required for unpacking!
These should now be available in a folder. I will now continue in these instructions with this complicated example using a GeForce II GTS.
3. Once the files have been unpacked, right-click on any part of the Windows interface (Desktop) and select Properties.
4. A new window pops up in which you highlight the Settings tab and immediately click on More options at the bottom.
5. Another window will appear before your eyes. Now go straight to the Graphics card tab and click on Change. The driver wizard starts and after clicking on Next you select the entry Search for a better driver than the one currently in use. Master the next selection by first clicking on Enter a position and then on Browse. A folder window will now open. Now navigate to the folder that you unpacked earlier and select it. Click on OK to confirm your action.
6. Die Treiber werden erkannt und nach ihrem OK Einverständnis auch bis zur Meldung Fertig stellen, welche Sie sofort bestätigen, installiert. Nun sollten Sie ihren Computer neu starten – sie werden dazu eine separate Aufforderung erhalten.
7. After a restart, your Windows Me interface shines in brilliant splendor with high refresh rates and many colors.
Now that the installation of the graphics card is complete, we need to get down to fine-tuning and optimizing the settings, which you can read about in detail in this article: Die optimalen Einstellungen für ihre Grafikkarte – Tipps fürs perfekte Bild
You can also switch directly from picture to sound: Simple setup of the sound card driver as well as facts, tips and quality tuning
NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.
