Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[Dave Howorth <dhoworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 06:20 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:

> Phil Burness wrote:
> > Main reason is that I am also upgrading my monitor to a 19" TFT that can
> > support 1280x1024. My current monitor can't, also my current graphics card
> > has 32Mb memory and I suppose more is better?

> Standard non-widescreen video modes are for displays with an aspect
> ratio of 4:3. 1280x1024 is not a standard aspect mode, being 5/4
> instead. See http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/aspect.html and
> http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/std-resolutions.html before you spend
> your money.

X can cope quite happily with 1280x1024 5:4 TFTs. I'm typing this on one
(Samsung SynMaster 910T) and the aspect ratio is correct. Please don't
spread FUD.

More relevant to the choice of graphics card would be whether the
monitor is VGA-only or has a DVI input. It's worth getting a graphics
card with DVI if the monitor has it :)

Cheers, Dave