Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!skipper!elxsi!maine From: maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Best monitor for ATI VGAWonder Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 90 20:05:01 GMT References: <2230@rex.cs.tulane.edu> <29200@amdcad.AMD.COM> Sender: news@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal. Lines: 31 In-reply-to: phil@pepsi.amd.com's message of 16 Feb 90 18:48:44 GMT On 16 Feb 90 18:48:44 GMT, phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) said: Phil> In article ... keating@rex.UUCP (John W. Keating) writes: John> |I'm trying to decide on which monitor to buy to use with John> |my ATI VGAWonder video card. I've somewhat decided on a John> |Seiko monitor. I'm unclear, though, which of the monitors John> |Seiko makes would allow me the most use of my card. Phil> The 1430, which was discontinued, is a dual frequency. The 1440 is Phil> now available (I'm using it right now) and is multi-sync. ($550) Phil> At the top end, it can only do 1024x768 interlaced. Note that to do Phil> a true 1024x768 non-interlaced requires 65 Mhz bandwidth, most of True, but rather irrelevant. The ATI VGAwonder card won't do 1024x780 non-interlaced, regardless of the monitor. It's 1024x780 mode is interlaced. I've got one so this is first-hand data. Phil> the products which claim to do it like NEC 3D (45 Mhz) and The Nec 3D does not claim 1024x780 non-interlaced. Admitedly, the ads tend to be a bit vague on the subject (what's new?), but the manual that comes with the 3D is quite explicit about the 1024x780 mode being interlaced, albeit with an 87Hz frame rate instead of 60Hz, so its a bit better than you might expect. -- Richard Maine maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov [130.134.64.6]