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On Sun, 14 Sep 1997 20:38:30 -0700, Randal Whittle wrote: >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? > I think what he means is that older monitors didn't have "all" the capabilities of todays' CRTs. For example, I got a used 8515 IBM monitor, which was sorta Hi-RES (in 1990), but it only supports 640*480 @ 60Hz, and 1024*768 @ 48Hz Interlaced. Though this may be an extreme case, I guess you might understand what I mean. Paul > 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 >