VBE 3.0 in G400?

[batracio]

Hi, I recently bought a G400 MAX in ebay (G4+MMDHA32/DELL), and when noticed that it had VBE 2.0 only, I updated its BIOS with setup_g258_2.exe from Matrox FTP. PBIOSWin showed 1.5 - b22 version before flashing, and 2.1 - b35 after (latest version for G400, I think), but the card still supports VBE 2.0 only. Even my older G200 has support for VBE 3.0 with 3.3 - b34 BIOS update. Is there any way to get VBE 3.0 in G400, apart from GX00VBE TSR?

Regards,
batracio

[UtwigMU]

Wasn't there some special BIOS utility for enabling VBE on Gxx boards?

[batracio]

Ok, but what's the name of that utility? Is it a flashing tool? And if yes, does it update the BIOS to VBE 3.0 compliant?

[Heiney]

Why do you need VBE 3? VBE 3 isn't all that exciting, from what I've read. I don't even know if DOS games care about that version. VBE 2 is important. Even more important is how well the card supports VBE 2. Just like other drivers, the quality of the implementation is what really counts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBE

If you are really worried about VBE support, I'd suggest swinging over to the VOGONS forum. Those folks are all about old games.

[batracio]

I need VBE 3.0 to set refresh rates higher than 60 Hz in DOS games.

I know VOGONS forum but I think this board is more Matrox-related.