[MG] ATI video problem.

[John McGibney]

I have Quicktime 6.1 in X. I think QT in 9 is still 6.0.1. But that might be
the cause. Time to do a clean install of QT 6.0 again.

Thanks

John

on 1/22/03 12:33 PM, Nevin Steindam at thenevin at ameritech.net wrote:

>> I recently upgraded the video card in my G4 tower to an ATI 8500. Now I've
>> lost the ability to play several older games. Specifically I now get a black
>> screen instead of the game screen. I can hear the video in the background.
> 
> Did you also upgrade QuickTime when you did this?  The latest version (6.1)
> apparently changes the way that some full-screen system calls work, and
> several games now just get those black screens.
> 
> If that is your problem, the only fix is for the game developer to release
> a patch.  It's apparently a simple fix (several games have been updated
> already), but there are probably some games out there that will never be
> compatible with 6.1.
> 
> Nevin
> 
> 
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