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Article #42728Re: Best monitor for ATI VGAWonder
From: Ralf Brown
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 00:15
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 00:15
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In article <MAINE.90Feb20120501@altair.dfrf.nasa.gov> maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) writes:
}On 16 Feb 90 18:48:44 GMT, phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) said:
}Phil> In article ... keating@rex.UUCP (John W. Keating) writes:
}John> |I'm trying to decide on which monitor to buy to use with
}John> |my ATI VGAWonder video card. I've somewhat decided on a
}
}manual that comes with the 3D is quite explicit about the 1024x780
}mode being interlaced, albeit with an 87Hz frame rate instead of 60Hz,
}so its a bit better than you might expect.
An 87Hz frame rate makes a BIG difference. I'm quite sensitive to flicker,
but don't notice any flicker at all in 1024x768 even with a completely white
screen on a Gateway2000 "CrystalScan 1024". However, the 56Hz frame rate in
800x600 mode is very flickery on bright displays.
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