[comp.windows.ms] Crystal Scan from Gateway!!

fricke@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jonathan) (03/23/91)

As anyone purchased the Crystal Scan SuperVGA monitor from Gateway.

If so, does it work well with windows 3.0.
If there much of a flicker problem??

Thanks -- Jonathan

hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) (03/23/91)

the flickering on the crystal scan is horrible, but i think it's because of the
low vertical frequency of the vieo card. when i use the 640x400 mode, which
operates at 70hz, it's crystal clear. and that's why i have been wanted to
upgrade to the vga wonder+.

Bill.Loomis@p30.f40.n282.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Bill Loomis) (03/25/91)

I've been using the Gateway Crystal Scan monitor
for about 6 months almost exclusively.  I've detected
no flicker and it works real well.


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pburke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Peter Burke, MIC, 263-7744) (03/29/91)

In article <130.27EF0B6A@tdkt.FIDONET.ORG>, Bill.Loomis@p30.f40.n282.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Bill Loomis) writes...

>I've been using the Gateway Crystal Scan monitor
>for about 6 months almost exclusively.  I've detected
>no flicker and it works real well.

That is no surprise, since it is an OEM'd version of the MAG 
Computronics that won PC Mags editor's choice about a year ago. I own 
the same monitor on a Micro Geration system (OEM'd as "Continental 
Technology") and I haven't seen anything that comes close to it in 
sharpness and color quality. I also had a chance to work on a Gateway 
486 that shipped with the new MAG Computronics NI, the non-interlaced 
version of this monitor. I had the impression that it was easier to read 
1024-768 Windows text than on the Sony 1304HG. Colors were great, too. I 
have seen many screens (I work in a showrooom full of PC's, Macs and a 
NEXT), so my opinion is not based on a small sample. Except for the lack 
of autosizing (like on the NEC 3D), which causes a quite narrow 800-600 
screen, there is hardly anything to criticize on the MAG-screens. I am 
just waiting for their 16" model to be introduced. It was referred to in 
PC-Mag two weeks ago, but not tested yet. Will Gateway bundle this 
screen with their high-end models? It would be an adequate video for 
windows workstations. 

Peter