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At 10:36 PM 3/7/99 -0500, Chris Lober wrote:
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>I'd definitely recommend going for the 21". A single 21" is a lot better
>than 2 - 17" because it is very hard to view 2- 17" monitors simultaneously.
>You'll also appreciate its increased real estate over a 19". Furthermore,
>you can run a decent 21" at 1600x1200 resolution while still having
>everything being visible. With regard to the video card, 8 megs should be
>more than satisfactory. Memory on the video card for 2D stuff mostly
>relates to the number of colors you can display, which for trading
>applications is very small, compared to a graphics pro that would want to
>display photo images, etc.. The more important spec to look at is the
>ramdac I believe (220mhz or higher). When you are running ultra high
>resolutions, video card quality is important, so don't skimp on quality.
>Matrox has long been the leader in high res 2D business type applications,
>and would be a good choice.
>
>Chris Lober
I concur. I bought a Dell 21" (ne Sony Trinitron) from they're factory
outlet store here in Austin four months ago. It was on sale for $699 so I
couldn't pass that up! After getting it home & running it thru a 8meg
Matrox card I find nothing to complain about. I appreciate the reduction in
eyestrain especially. It's sitting next to a 17" NEC 5FGp and resolution
appears equal.
Michael
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