Re: Headache, bad for eyes LCD displays

I appreciate the info. I thought about the 6800Ultra but vaguely recalled
that it was a "muscle card" even as you mentioned :-) However this would be
the cheapest interim solution if my current power supply will handle it.

Tore

"DarkScience" <jeff at applied visual dot com> wrote in message
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> "Hanson" <hansont-slimy_spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > From now on I'll be
> > looking for video cards with DUAL DVI ports and unfortunately I believe
> > that
> > these are currently only available in Express Bus, not AGP, so it means
> > more
> > hardware upgrades are inevitable.
>
> Most AGP cards that have dual DVI ports are the higher-end offerings like
> the Quadro and FireGL cards and other options from 3DLabs. However, many
> nVidia 6800 series and a fewof the 6600 series will offer dual DVI in an
AGP
> card. The 6800Ultra with 256MB and dual DVI can be had for about $300 if
> you know where to look and it is a very good all-around card... It's a
> power-hog and not quite up to snuff with the new 7800GTX, but probably the
> best buy out there in its price range.
>
> > All I can add is my actual experience between using a VGA vs DVI (Direct
> > Video Input??) The refresh rate is NOT selectable (its 59 Hz on mine)
> > when
>
> DVI = Digital Video Interface.
>
> > running DVI from the graphics card. The LCD has 2 possible inputs either
> > VGA
> > or DVI and it knows what kind of signal its getting from the graphics
> > card.
> > When I first got it I used a DVI adapter to a VGA cable connected to the
> > VGA
> > port on the LCD monitor. In this mode I had Refesh rate options but I
> > found
> > the video display a bit jerky and the image a bit blurred, however when
I
> > used a true DVI cable from my video card's DVI port to the LCD's DVI
port
> > I
> > had no refresh rate choices but the image is crisper and video is
smooth.
>
> By going to a DVI connection, it's all digital instead of the analog VGA
> signal. If you have a good display and source (video card or whatever),
> then you won't get smearing or ghosting, just a crisp digital picture. By
> connecting the LCD to a VGA signal, you do get other refresh rate
options -
> many LCD displays will accept these as inputs in order to maintain
> compatibility. But you get jerky video because you may be feeding a 75Hz
> (or rate other than 60Hz) signal into the display, but the LCD panel only
> refreshes at 60Hz no matter what the signal going in is. A lot of
displays
> will report 59Hz, because the 60Hz is in actuality something like 59.87.
>
>
>


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