[NTLUG:Discuss] A7N8X and graphics cards

[Cameron, Thomas]

I use a G400 and I like it with a single monitor.  I am disappointed by the performance in dual-head mode, though.  The card I have is a 32-meg one (did they make 64-meg ones?), and when it is split into two channels, it can't drive the monitors at the resolution and frequency I prefer.  I wind up settling for 1024x768, 16M colors, 72Hz refresh.  On 19" monitors, that's a little chunky - in single-monitor mode I run 1600x1280 at 75Hz refresh, and it looks fantastic.

YMMV.

--
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America

The opinions expressed in this message are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer, Bank of America. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: severian at pobox.com [mailto:severian at pobox.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:11 PM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] A7N8X and graphics cards
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> 
> To whomever is looking( I could not figure out who tr_data is)
>    If you don't need 3D for games, try looking for a G400 or 
> G450 with dual 
> VGA.  They are pretty cheap now and like Chris say, the video 
> quality is 
> quite nice.  I have a couple of single headed G400 boards and 
> I really like 
> them.  I suggest the dual head version just based on your 
> saying you want 
> dual headed, but I have not tried it.
> Good luck,
> Ralph
> 
> In response to the welcome remarks of Chris Cox at 02:46 PM 
> 9/29/03 -0500:
> 
> >If you're not a gamer (user of accelerated 3D), you have 
> many options.
> >I still think the 2D quality of my old Matrox G200 beats my 
> Ti4600 based
> >board...  It's kind of a shame to seen Matrox falling apart. 
>  They did
> >some things really well (including dual monitor support, though the
> >G200 did not support this... at least not with mine).
> 
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