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From: peterb@hoopoe.psc.edu (Peter Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,m,isc.forsale.bridges
Subject: Re: Sometimes you need X server source (Was: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium)
Date: 31 Mar 1996 13:53:10 -0500
Organization: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
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In article <4jk13d$je5@imag.imag.fr>, Alain Knaff <Alain.Knaff@imag.fr> wrote:
>In <4jjsgr$f3r@hoopoe.psc.edu>, Peter Berger <peterb@hoopoe.psc.edu> wrote:
>:The only timing I've ever had to examine for any monitor with Xinside is
>:the maximum vertical bandwidth (sic), as expressed in Hz.  Then, just
>:choose "Multisync XXhz", where XX is as close as possible to the maximum
>:vertical hz of your monitor (which should be clearly stated on the spec
>:sheet).
>
> What about the maximum horizontal bandwidth, expressed in kHz? What
>about the maximum pixel bandwidth, expressed in Mhz? Or does Xinside
>just "guess" these parameters. What if it guesses to high, and you get
>unstable or blurred pictures? And what if it guesses to low, and has
>to use the same low refresh rate (can you say "migraine") that it
>would use for a monitor that would only support these low bandwidth?
>You paid real money for your high quality monitor, and now this server
>is not using its features?

While you're asking good questions, they are hypothetical:  my experience
with X inside and with 5 "non-listed" monitors is that in every case
the X inside server gave me better performance, resolution, color depth,
and with less hassle than XFree86 did.  "What if" is a nice game, but
I would say that in this case it only has meaning if you can find someone
who actually HAS had problems with the server!

None of this is to insult the makers of XFree86, who have done an
excellent job; but I have to observe that the XInside product has been
worth every penny to me, and I have never encountered the "what if"
problems you bring up.


-- 
Pete Berger
Coordinator, Regional Information Infrastructure
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center