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Re: [SLE] What's a good cheap business video card that works well
- From: Preston Crawford <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:00:06 -0800
- Message-id: <1107446406.11100.4.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 13:14 -0600, Mikus Grinbergs wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:14:34 -0800 Preston Crawford <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Well, I can't speak to what the two different video cards are doing in
> > terms of what their output is. However, when I setup each via Sax, I
> > make sure to put the EXACT values from the manual for the monitor,
> > including horizontal and vertical resolutions, etc.
>
> I've seen the video software use "standardized" dimensions for
> actual screen size. This may be a "placebo effect", but it
> seemed to me that the picture was "crisper" when I told SaX
> the exact screen dimensions (in millimeters) from the manual.
I agree. I ALWAYS tell SaX the exact screen dimensions from the manual.
Preston
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:14:34 -0800 Preston Crawford <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Well, I can't speak to what the two different video cards are doing in
> > terms of what their output is. However, when I setup each via Sax, I
> > make sure to put the EXACT values from the manual for the monitor,
> > including horizontal and vertical resolutions, etc.
>
> I've seen the video software use "standardized" dimensions for
> actual screen size. This may be a "placebo effect", but it
> seemed to me that the picture was "crisper" when I told SaX
> the exact screen dimensions (in millimeters) from the manual.
I agree. I ALWAYS tell SaX the exact screen dimensions from the manual.
Preston
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