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> Message: 5 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:39:33 +0000 From: James
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> Subject: Re: ATI mach64 resolution?
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> Les Mikesell wrote:
> >> 1152x864 which seems like an odd setting?
>
>
> 1152 x 864 = 995328. Add a bit for the card's internal usage, and you
> can just nicely fit that into 1 MB if you have 8 bit colour, or 4 MB
> if you have 32 bit colour. Besides, the numbers are fairly "round" in
> decimal: they're both multiples of 32, and exactly half-way between
> 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 960.
>
> Now 1280 x 1024, *that's* a strange setting. I never did understand
> what a 5:4 ratio was doing among all those 4:3 ratios...
>
> James.
>
My 19" LCD monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024 and it makes
everything look great with the right settings (fonts ect. ).
