Nick Zentena wrote:
On Sunday 13 November 2005 19:23, Felix Miata wrote:
What I'm assuming is that each of us has unique eyes, and that the OP may be unable to detect any improvement newer hardware offers, or find the detected difference does not justify the investment.
Personally upgrading video systems is the #1 most cost effective thing.
To do what? Waste money?
Followed closely by a better keyboard. Too bad nobody makes a really good keyboard anymore.
You can get them, if you don't mind spending upwards of US$150: http://www.cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/menu.htm
Not everyone has teenage eyes. Some of use can't detect any difference between 16 bit and 24 or 32 bit color.
If I had teenage eyes I wouldn't need better quality.
When the resolving power of the hardware exceeds the resolving power of the eyes, improving the resolution of the hardware will not be detected by the eyes.
Antialiasing is pointless with larger fonts used with high resolution.
Most older cards can't handle what I consider high resolution. At least not in ways I'd want to look at the screen. When this monitor dies I'll seriously consider a 21" monitor or bigger. I'll want a card that can drive that at higher then 1280x1024 and do it well.
My eBay US$5 G400 does 16 bit 1792x1344 perfectly fine, thankyouverymuch. -- "I can do all things through Him who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/