[olug] Video Card Question

[Sam Tetherow]

If you go get a $50 nvidia at circuit city (they usually have the best 
rebates for vid cards atleast in Lincoln) it should be able to do 
atleast 1600x1200 on dual monitors.

Sam Tetherow

Bill Eberly wrote:
> One was my laptop monitor, and the other was an old CRT. I  the laptop
> monitor was 1280x800, and I think the CRT was at 1024x768 or something
> similar. When you're running dual screens, it essentially treats it as one
> giant desktop with two viewports. The accelerated drivers could only display
> up to a certain resolution, so the right 1/3rd of the 2nd monitor would just
> be blank or would display weird artifacts. If I remember correctly, it
> doesn't effect it if you're not using the accelerated drivers. Also, I'm
> sure depending on the card it varies, so newer cards can probably display
> higher resolutions fine,
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> On 1/25/07, T M <to.the.brink at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> are they LCDs? and if so, what are the resolutions?
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