A retro hardware enthusiast has demonstrated a fix that eliminates the washed-out appearance people can have with 1990s graphics cards from S3. In a recent video, Bits und Bolts (BuB) worked on an S3 Virge DX 4MB graphics card (1985-6) to investigate and neuter the ‘pedestal bit.’ This feature of the card’s VBIOS makes the darkest blacks more like charcoal, a highly undesirable feature if used to drive a good-quality monitor.
