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At 11:07 AM 9/13/97 HST, David Ross wrote: >> yuck. i got that Genoa 4MB card and its stinky. on a NEC 21 inch >> monitor, in 1280x1024 256 color mode, if you stretch a window (for >> example MSIE browser) it flickers. will call tech support, but i >> was wondering when 16MB cards will hit the market ! or if i should >> get a matrox as others suggested ... > >The flicker is caused by a low scan rate (probably split-scanning at >that resolution), and extra memory wouldn't help much. It is *mainly* a >function of monitor speed and video card speed. Very few video cards can >drive most monitors at this resolution at the ergonometric minimum 70hz >refresh rate. This is especially true if your NEC is more than 2 years >old. You'll need a *much* more expensive card; make sure before David, what does age of the monitor have to do with it? Or are you using that as a gauge to suggest what the expected refresh rate for a given resolution would be? I'm wondering if you know something about newer monitors--specifically, is a lower refresh still ergonomically acceptable to view on newer monitors for some reason? I have a 9 month old Dell desktop with a 20-inch Trinitron (Sony, basically) monitor that I regularly run at 1600 x 1200 (Hi-color) and I have no problem with flicker, etc. It looks positively beautiful to me (and I had an NEC 6FGp 21" monitor before this one). ------- Randal J. Whittle whittle@usc.edu (213) 740-7775 Director, Electronic Commerce Program Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California