Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1
userbinator
70 points
19 comments
April 05, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
gignico
> Running Windows 3.1 in True Color Full HD People from the time would be astonished by the hardware we have now yet bloated software globs up every ounce of performance. What a waste! </granny mode=off>
userbinator
Incidentally this is the same driver that someone else used with an RTX 5060 Ti: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/enthusiast-ins... It's good to see that the latest GPUs can still be used in "dumb framebuffer" mode, are mostly VGA-compatible, and have VESA VBE support. I suspect AMD / NVIDIA might still have some sort of DOS-based factory tooling when bringing up new GPUs for the first time. In sadder news, I've read that the latest Intel integrated GPUs no longer have a VBIOS and are UEFI-only; although it might only be a matter of time before someone vibe-codes (vibe-ports?) one based on those from an older model.
rwmj
> The NVIDIA GeForce 1050 GTX has some issues with windowed DOS prompts, and presumably newer NVIDIA hardware has the same problem. The issues include potential freezes when using the mode command to change the size of the prompt, and font corruption when switching to full screen (which also affects blue screens). Someone with connections to NVIDIA support should really file a bug about this!