On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 15:35 -0700, Jim Lowman wrote: > I just ordered a Samsung 213T 21.3" monitor, and am > looking for the appropriate video card to do it > justice, within reason. I am not a gamer, but put > together a gamer's computer for speed. I'm using an > older video card based on the GeForce 5500, I think, > for compatibility with Linux. I have an ATI Radeon > 9800 XT Pro, but I can't even get a text-based FC4 > install to work with this card in another computer; > either that or it's the Audigy soundcard. When I > upgraded that computer, I broke the cardinal rule of > upgrading one hardware component at a time. > I am using the GeForce FX 5500 OC with 256mb memory on that exact monitor and have had no troubles with it. The only thing I had to do to get the full 1600x1200 resolution working was _manually_ set the vertrefresh to 60 hz. The automatic config sets the VertRefresh to 56.0 - 75.0 range and that refuses to allow anything over 1280X1024 unless it is restricted to the 60.0 value. I am sure there are many other cards that work well, but this was affordable for me and runs everything it do without a hitch.. > One reason that I don't want to go for a > top-of-the-line card is that the motherboard supports > AGP and not PCI express. > > Any suggestions are welcome. > > Jim >
