BAUGHMANKR@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (07/22/90)
Greetings all:
I want to upgrade from my CGA monitor to VGA. Could someone explain the
difference between a Super-VGA 1024 x 768 monitor and Multi-sync
1024 x 768 monitor? Is it the difference between digital and analog input?
What would be the difference in performance between a video card with 256 K
on board memory and a card with 512 K memory?
I am considering a CTX monitor because the price is right. Any comments on
that brand?
Thanks in advance.
>Kinney Baughman<tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) (07/27/90)
>I want to upgrade from my CGA monitor to VGA. Could someone explain the >difference between a Super-VGA 1024 x 768 monitor and Multi-sync >1024 x 768 monitor? Is it the difference between digital and analog input? Ok.. a Multi-Sync will handle ALL frequencies in a certain range, a super VGA card can only handle SPECIFIC freq's in the same range. Why do you care ? Well, every resolution is a new frequency , my 3 yr old m-sync went from standard VGA (when that was the big thing) to my 1024x768 Super VGA BECAUSE it ould adapt to resolutions that maybe were not available when it was built. If you get a Super VGA monitor , and next year some new resolution mode comes out , odds are you will be stuck. VGA monitors are ALL analog. >What would be the difference in performance between a video card with 256 K >on board memory and a card with 512 K memory? Higer resolutions = more RAM needed. I dont think there are ANY 256k boards that go above 640x480x256 colors. The math doesn't work out. ========[ Xanadu Enterprises Inc. Amiga & Unix Software Development]======== = "And in the darkened offices, the terminals shine like stars." = ============= Ken Jamieson: uunet!tronsbox.xei.com!tron1 ================== = NONE of the opinions represented here are endorsed by either = = Xanadu Enterpises or its clients, AT&T Bell Labs or others. = ==== The Romantic Encounters BBS 201-759-8450(PEP) / 201-759-8568(2400) ====