Re: Upgrading video card

In article <1h0z5c5.1gl6ral11rfvq3N%black.hole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
black.hole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jon B) wrote:

> Mike Jenkins <mike.jenkins.no.spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Mike Jenkins <mike.jenkins.no.spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Melissa <none@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <1h0xydm.coka67ou2dvkN%mike.jenkins.no.spam@xxxxxxxxx>,
> > > > mike.jenkins.no.spam@xxxxxxxxx (Mike Jenkins) wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Melissa <none@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'd like to upgrade the video card in my Mac (G4 733 MHz), so that
> > > > > > I can get better refresh rates at higher resolutions on a 17"
> > > > > > Apple Studio (ADC) monitor. I don't use my Mac for gaming or iChat
> > > > > > AV, but I do use it for graphics, as well as the usual internet
> > > > > > stuff. I currently have a NVIDIA GeForce2 MX -- can anyone
> > > > > > recommend what a suitable upgrade might be, if there is one?
> > > > >
> > > > > I strongly suspect that the Geforce2MX is more than capable of driving
> > > > > the Studio Display at its highest possible setting - what exactly are
> > > > > you looking to achieve?
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to get 1280x1024 at a better refresh rate than 75 Hz in
> > > > millions of colours.
> > >
> > > This is a limitation of your monitor rather than the graphics card. In
> > > fact the specs I have here say it's only capable of 1152x864 at 75hz.
> >
> > Of course it would help if I looked at the right one, the resolutions of
> > your monitor are:
> >
> > 640x480 pixels at 153 Hz
> > 800x600 pixels at 125 Hz
> > 832x624 pixels at 120 Hz
> > 1024x768 pixels at 99 Hz
> > 1056x792 pixels at 96 Hz
> > 1280x1024 pixels at 75 Hz
> > 1600x1200 pixels at 65 Hz.
> >
> > So you are stuck unless you buy a new monitor (extremely cheap second
> > hand nowadays for CRTs).
>
> I'd have thought a studio monitor with ACD would be the LCD monitor not
> CRT and therefore you were right the first time round with the max
> resolution. As you say though its restricted to the monitor not the
> card.

It is definitely an ADC CRT -- it was one of the last CRTs Apple
produced. (Bought in mid-2001 IIRC.)

Melissa
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