AW: Is a Fast Video Card Really Helpful for TS?

["VK" <volker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a P650. I like it because it supports 1600*1200 resolution even
on dual digital monitors and it has no fan (no noise). One thing I don’t
like is that no matter what TFT combination I choose the right one
always has a lower quality and different color. Any one knows if this is
"normal"?

Kind Regards,

Volker Knapp
(www.wealth-lab.com)

 

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||Von: Tony [mailto:acjhopst@xxxxxxxxx]
||Gesendet: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:11 PM
||An: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
||Betreff: Re: Is a Fast Video Card Really Helpful for TS?
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||On Fri, 14 May 2004 10:28:32 -0500, you wrote:
||
||>I've been running TS 2000i on two monitors (21" & 15" CRTs) with an
ATI
||>Radeon 7500 PCI video card. I want to add a third monitor, and will
be
||>adding an AGP card to accomodate.  I am tempted by the Matrox P650
for
||>$155, but a Radeon 7000 is only $30. 3D will not be used on this
||>computer. I am only interested in 2D speed for TS charts.  Any
thoughts?
||>Thanks very much.
||
||
||For me the choice was easy. A Readeon 9800.
||Not for the 3d as I rarely play a game.
||But because the 9800 is the only card that has enough bandwidth
(390Mhz)
||to feed
||my 21" CRT
||I seem to have very sensitive eyes and see screen flicker very easily.
||85Hz+ should be enough for most. But I prefer 120Hz.
||
||So all depends on what resolution, refreshrate  and colordepth you
use.
||
||Xresolution * Yresolution * refreshrate * colordepth(in bytes)
||
||Take that figure and see if the DACs can handle that.
||For ATi 9800 is the only one that can drive big screens at high res.
||
||Tony
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