Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!kk4fs!ambush From: ambush@kk4fs.UUCP (Ambush Bug) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Need info on SVGA monitors & cards Message-ID: Date: 30 Oct 90 07:16:35 GMT References: Organization: KK4FS - Free Speech Forum, +1 615 283 0864 for BBS Lines: 26 I recently bought a Paradise 1024 SVGA card and Samsung 4581 multi-sync from USA*Flex, and here's the scoop on it. They were cheap as hell (my main motivation to buy them.) The monitor was $379, and the card about $250. My only gripe is with the card, it only does 16 colors in 800x600. Why, I have no idea, since it's got 512K RAM, and should be capable of 256. But, it can't... The monitor is great, it's .31mm dot pitch, and interlaced at 1024x768, neither of which is a serious handicap. The picture is considerably better than the true blue IBM PS/2's on campus (55sx's with 8513's, I think.) A word of warning, I set the monitor up on a friend's machine with an ATI VGA wonder card, and the picture in 800x600 and 1024x768 wasn't very hot. The card and monitor didn't seem to be at quite the same sync rate (there were lines on the screen, among other things.) He bought one of the monitors anyway, and the same thing happened. It's okay up to 800x600, but above that, it's not very good (on an ATI card, it's fine on my Paradise.) If you're on a budget (like me) then I'd reccomend this set up. Although now I'd probably look at another video card, like an Everex VRAM Viewpoint. Perhaps an 8514/a card, or XGA, when they come out. Oh, if anyone knows how to get this card (Paradise 1024/512K) to do 256 colors at 800x600, I'd appreciare it. No signature file, because I'm too lazy to make one, and the header is more interesting anyway.