gwang@berlioz (George Wang) (07/30/89)
In article <2751@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> twb@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (thomas.w.beattie) writes: >I am interested in getting a VGA card and and a (possibly oversize) monitor. >The standard monitor is ~14 inches. > >I am looking for a 14-20 inch monitor capable of Super VGA 800x600x256 >with NO FLICKER! > >I am tentatively considering a Paradise VGA board (512K). > > Can anyone recommend a monitor? > Any reason to avoid the Paradise card? > Other useful suggestions? I just recently purchased a ATI VGA Wonder and a Goldstar Super 1440 monitor... The ATI VGA wonder comes with it's own microsoft compatible port and 256K... I am currently looking for chips to upgrade it to 512K... As for the Goldstar monitor, it has excellent colors... Although it's not as sharp as the NEC Multisync it's well worth the price I paid for it ($395).... As soon as I get my 512K I will test the 800 X 600 X 256... Supposedly the monitor can handle 800 X 600 though in a PCMagazine review it said it "strained" at 800 X 600... I'll have to see for myself... Hope this Helps
twb@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (thomas.w.beattie) (08/01/89)
I am interested in getting a VGA card and and a (possibly oversize) monitor. The standard monitor is ~14 inches. I am looking for a 14-20 inch monitor capable of Super VGA 800x600x256 with NO FLICKER! I am tentatively considering a Paradise VGA board (512K). Can anyone recommend a monitor? Any reason to avoid the Paradise card? Other useful suggestions? TIA, --- Tom Beattie att!hoqaa!twb t.w.beattie@att.com
werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) (08/02/89)
In article <2751@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>, twb@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (thomas.w.beattie) writes: > I am interested in getting a VGA card and and a (possibly oversize) monitor. > The standard monitor is ~14 inches. > > I am looking for a 14-20 inch monitor capable of Super VGA 800x600x256 > with NO FLICKER! > > I am tentatively considering a Paradise VGA board (512K). > The Paradise Video card has the following modes beyond standard VGA: 0x59 800x600x16 0x5e 640x400x256 0x5f 640x480x256 It does not have the BIOS logic to support the 800x600x256 or 1024x768x16 modes, despite having enough memory to do so. Pity, since that's what I have and I'm stuck with what I have. You want 8x6x256, you don't buy a Paradise. The Orchid ProDesigner, so I hear, has those missing modes, and will also display 800x600 on a Seiko CM-1430 without problem. (Of course, a Paradise card will display 800x600 on a Seiko iff you are willing to open the case of the monitor and play with the vertical hold control ever so gingerly.) The people that I am aquainted with who do the best imaging that I have encountered use a NEC 3-D, which is not oversized, but goes up to 800x600 not interlaced, plus 8514/A interlaced. There is also the newly introduced 4D and 5D, but I hear those are in the category of if you have to ask how much they cost, you can't afford them. -- Craig Werner (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go) werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517) "... you can do anything you want, but not everything you want."