From: hamish@waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: Best Video Card ?? Date: 26 Jul 1992 19:51:51 +1200
In article <1992Jul24.203140.11242@sinkhole.unf.edu>, shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite) writes:
> In article <1992Jul19.172853.26003@highlite.uucp> yarvin@highlite.uucp (Curtis Yarvin) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul17.021536.29502@pool.info.sunyit.edu> ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes:
>>>
>>>I would suggest looking at the clock speeds when looking for a new
>>>card for X. By my calculations, I would need * OVER 100 * to get
>>>an acceptable refresh rate at 1176x882 noninterlaced!
>>
>>Yes... and, no. I'm running X at 1152x900 with a 65Mhz clock, and have
>>no problem with flicker. The magic? Dark backgrounds. If you're not
>>silly enough to window in black-text-on-white-screen, your flickering
>>worries will be over.
>>
>>Try green2 on DarkSlateBlue.
>>
>>c
>
> Will this still have an effect on your eyes from prolonged use (4+
> hour stretches) though even though you do not perceive a problem?
> Most of the good et4000 cards have a high dot clock of 80. Hmm, can
> the S3 (namely, the Diamond Stealth) be programmed to emit a dot clock
> to at least 100Mhz? This would make 1152x900 adequate (according to
> Satish's xclk program).
>
> There is a PD (well, freely available, whatever) S3 project in the works.
Whos doing this? And are the specs they are working from (FOr the S3 card)
avalable freely?
> Hopefully, we'll all have a nice Christmas present. ;-) If the S3 can
> drive the better 17" monitors without flicker and without moire' problems
> (brought on also by too low a dot clock), then with it's added speed
> advantages over the et4000, it will be the ideal card to use for X386.
> Also, by the Fall, the price will hopefully drop below $200.
>
> Steve Hite
> shite@sinkhole.unf.edu
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