alex@am.sublink.org (Alex Martelli) (03/22/91)
jim@tiamat.fsc.com ( IT Manager) writes:
:We are contemplating the purchase of a new video board and monitor. There
:is the possibility that we may want to try to use the X386 server with
:this new hardware.
:What board/monitor combo's are good (and hopefully not too expensive) for
:running X386 in whatever its highest resolution mode is?
I'm in a similar situation, indeed I plan to buy board and monitor for
the SOLE purpose of running X386. I'd like at least 16", with 14"
barely acceptable, and about 1024x768 with 4+ colors/grays - I don't
need "highest resolution" because I do believe that X386 has no
builtin limits, and I CANNOT afford a 3000x2000 board&monitor and
up!-). I believe keeping discussion in this area, rather than going
email, would be MUCH more appropriate, since I see SOOO many people
interested! Any opinion/experiences?
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Alex Martelli - (home snailmail:) v. Barontini 27, 40138 Bologna, ITALIA
Email: (work:) martelli@cadlab.sublink.org, (home:) alex@am.sublink.org
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Fax: ++39 (51) 366964 (work only), Fidonet: 332/401.3 (home only).tmh@prosun.first.gmd.de (Thomas Hoberg) (03/28/91)
In article <1991Mar21.225558.328@am.sublink.org>, alex@am.sublink.org (Alex Martelli) writes: |> jim@tiamat.fsc.com ( IT Manager) writes: |> :We are contemplating the purchase of a new video board and monitor. There |> :is the possibility that we may want to try to use the X386 server with |> :this new hardware. |> :What board/monitor combo's are good (and hopefully not too expensive) for |> :running X386 in whatever its highest resolution mode is? |> |> I'm in a similar situation, indeed I plan to buy board and monitor for |> the SOLE purpose of running X386. I'd like at least 16", with 14" |> barely acceptable, and about 1024x768 with 4+ colors/grays - I don't |> need "highest resolution" because I do believe that X386 has no |> builtin limits, and I CANNOT afford a 3000x2000 board&monitor and |> up!-). I believe keeping discussion in this area, rather than going |> email, would be MUCH more appropriate, since I see SOOO many people |> interested! Any opinion/experiences? |> -- |> Alex Martelli - (home snailmail:) v. Barontini 27, 40138 Bologna, ITALIA |> Email: (work:) martelli@cadlab.sublink.org, (home:) alex@am.sublink.org |> Phone: (work:) ++39 (51) 371099, (home:) ++39 (51) 250434; |> Fax: ++39 (51) 366964 (work only), Fidonet: 332/401.3 (home only). There is a limit to the resolution X386 supports. It's imposed by the hardware limits of the SVGA chipsets. (e.g. 1MB video RAM) Currently a ET4000 card offers the best speed and can be had for $150-$200. I have an Eizo 9070 (also known as Nanao 9070) 16" display, which I use at 960x710 pixels resolution most of the time. My VGA has a 65MHz crystal and RAM-DAC on it and that resolution yields a screen refresh rate of about 70Hz, meaning no flicker. For some games and all these X programs that think everyone has a SUN I can go to 1152x900 interlaced, which actually looks better than 1024x768 at 60Hz (it uses that same 65MHz oscilator and at about 40 Hz per half frame yields a stability comparable to an 80Hz display). For the 9070 a 65MHz crystal is about the end of the rope, though. -- tom ---- Thomas M. Hoberg | UUCP: tmh@bigfoot.first.gmd.de or tmh%gmdtub@tub.UUCP c/o GMD Berlin | ...!unido!tub!gmdtub!tmh (Europe) or D-1000 Berlin 12 | ...!unido!tub!tmh Hardenbergplatz 2 | ...!pyramid!tub!tmh (World) Germany | BITNET: tmh%DB0TUI6.BITNET@DB0TUI11 or +49-30-254 99 160 | tmh@tub.BITNET