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Michael,
What resolution are you running your 21" monitor at.
I just bought a 21" monitor and the max resolution is 1280 x 1024, but I am
thinking of taking it
back for one that does 1600 x 1200. How much more monitor space does the
increased resolution
give you?
Thank you.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Guess <mjg@xxxxxxx>
To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, March 08, 1999 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: 21 inch monitors
>At 10:36 PM 3/7/99 -0500, Chris Lober wrote:
>>
>>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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