Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wucs1!wuibc!gmat From: gmat@wuibc.UUCP (Gregory Martin Amaya Tormo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: EGA, Monitor, Question Summary: no. Keywords: EGA Color Monitor IBM PC multisync Message-ID: <324@wuibc.UUCP> Date: 6 Nov 88 22:50:50 GMT References: <799@starfish.Convergent.COM> Reply-To: dwd0238@wucec3.wustl.edu (David Deitch) Organization: Washington University in St. Louis Lines: 17 In article <799@starfish.Convergent.COM> jerry@starfish.Convergent.COM (Gerald Hawkins) writes: >I am considering buying my first Color Monitor. I will probably buy an >Everex MicroEnhancer I (600 x 480) card and a Samsung EGA monitor >(roughly the same number of pixels as the card). > >Now the question. At one store here, the Micro Enhancer II card is only >$20 more ($129 vs. $149). Is there any advantage in buying an EGA card >which is more dense (800x600) than the Monitor I plan to buy? I expect >to use this monitor for several years ... > You would need a multisync monitor before you could see more than 640x480. My question would be do you NEED to see more? David Deitch, Computer Connection dwd0238@wucec3.wustl.bitnet Fido 1:100/22