Tom Nielsen wrote:
On Monday 30 August 2004 2:17 pm, Felix Miata wrote:
Standard displays are 4/3 aspect ratio. If that's what yours is, do not choose 1280x1024, which is a bastard 5/4 ratio rarely capable of making a square image display with the same dimensions on all 4 sides. In most cases 1280x1024 on a standard display makes everything shorter than it should be. Instead, choose 1280x960 or 1400x1050, both of which are a standard 4/3 aspect ratio. http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/std-resolutions.html
With the exception that the 2 resolutions you mentioned are not VESA standards. If the bios on the controllers are not rolled with that resolution, then your screen will look really bad.
Don't be intimidated by graphics card, display, or VESA so-called standards when running Linux X. I have 7 machines here with Linux installed, all but one running the same 9 year old graphics card design with less than 8M of video RAM. The advertised maximum resolution is 1024x768 16M 60 or more Hz, 1280x1024 64K 60 or more Hz, & 1600x1200 256 43I. Neither 1280x960 nor 1400x1050 are listed for any combination of refresh or colors, but in Linux, both work very well at 64M. 1280x1024 and its rectangular pixels should never have been made a standard, while 1280x960 is exactly VGA (640x480) times four. -- "Never tire of doing what is right." 2 Thessalonians 3:13 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/