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From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi ASAMI)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Will this configuration work OK?
Date: 8 May 94 04:06:13
Organization: CS Div. - EECS, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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In-reply-to: alanp@cory.EECS.Berkeley.EDU's message of 7 May 1994 23:10:40 PST
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alanp@cory.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Alan Pearson) writes:
* >5. If the Orchid F1280 a good video card? I would like to run the monitor
* >in 1280x1024 mode so I need a card that will support that mode, and obviously
* >I need a card that is supported under XFree86.
* As long as the card has >2 MB video ram, you should be OK. Though I don't
* even know for sure that XFree86 supports 1280x1024 mode, as I have never
* tried it. I believe it does, though.
XFree86 supports 1280x1024, but I don't think Orchid Fahrenheit 1280+
has enough bandwidth for doing 1280x1024 realistically. The one I
have (1MB, VLB, purchased last November) goes only up to 80MHz, which
means you'll end up with a refresh rate of <50Hz. This is really bad
for your eyes (VESA-standard is 72Hz).
You would want at least 110Mhz if you want to do 1280x1024 without
hurting your eyes.
Satoshi