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Title: Asta la vista
Post by: Lead Head on 17 October 2005, 02:54
Asta la--->>vista (http://warren-family.us/astalavista/astalavista.jpg)<<---
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: HeroicRaptor on 17 October 2005, 05:03
Is that your wallpaper? (notices the 800x600 pixel size)
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: hm_murdock on 17 October 2005, 06:37
I believe there's a typo.

Hasta la vista.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Lead Head on 17 October 2005, 23:08
i have 1024x768, its just a result from google after typing in windows vista
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Refalm on 18 October 2005, 01:06
That wallpaper is cool (although badly done).
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 18 October 2005, 03:05
800x600?

That's gotta be a joke, get a 1600x1200 version! :D
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Lead Head on 18 October 2005, 21:45
its not my wall paper! its a random image i found on google
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 19 October 2005, 00:27
Quote from: Lead Head
its not my wall paper! its a random image i found on google

I can't live without 1600x1200, it's just sooo sexy. :D
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Lead Head on 19 October 2005, 02:14
i cant affored a 1600x1200 moniter
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Jack2000 on 19 October 2005, 15:27
sry 1024x768 is the optimal for me :)
(couse of my desk's size)
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 19 October 2005, 21:30
Quote from: Lead Head
i cant affored a 1600x1200 moniter

I had a 15" 1994 Fujitsu ICL monitor before, could do 1280x1024 maximum.

Now I've got this 19" Dell D1226H, 1600x1200@72Hz, it rawks. :thumbup:
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 19 October 2005, 21:57
But at what refresh rate could your Fujitsu monitor do @ 1280x1200 was it a really flickery 50Hz?
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 20 October 2005, 03:03
1280x1024@60Hz, 1024x768@75Hz and 800x600@100Hz....

I hate 60Hz. :D
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Refalm on 20 October 2005, 04:23
1280x1024@60 Hz
1152x864@75 Hz <-- Using this now
1024x768@85 Hz
800x600@85 Hz
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 20 October 2005, 18:59
Quote from: Refalm
1280x1024@60 Hz
1152x864@75 Hz <-- Using this now
1024x768@85 Hz
800x600@85 Hz

What model is your monitor?

And by which Manufacturer?

My current monitor does :-
1600x1200@72Hz <-- Current Resolution
1280x1024@85Hz
1024x768@100Hz
800x600@120Hz
640x480@150Hz
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Lead Head on 20 October 2005, 20:56
my moniter does

1280x1024@85 Hz
 1024x768@85 Hz <----Using this
 800x600@75-85 Hz
640x480@75-85 Hz

My video card does

1280x1024@60-75 Hz
 1152x864@60-75 Hz
 1024x768@60-85 Hz
 800x600@43-100 Hz
640x480@43-120 Hz

I have a 17Inch BenQ V772
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Pathos on 20 October 2005, 21:01
1280*1024*60 on the 19inch crt.
1024*768*60 on the seconary 17inch crt.

If they were LCD I would chuck them up a notch.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Refalm on 20 October 2005, 21:01
Quote from: MarathoN
What model is your monitor?

And by which Manufacturer?

My current monitor does :-
1600x1200@72Hz <-- Current Resolution
1280x1024@85Hz
1024x768@100Hz
800x600@120Hz
640x480@150Hz

It's a Highscreen monitor, and it's only sold in Vobis stores across Europe.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 20 October 2005, 21:27
LeadHead,
I'm sure your video card does more than 1280x1024@85Hz, my shitty on-board card can do 1600x1200 32-bit @ 85Hz.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Lead Head on 20 October 2005, 21:38
mine cant, it just cant, My old FX-5200 could managed up to 1600x1200 at 85Hz but this radeon 9600 Cant
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 20 October 2005, 22:08
How can you be sure it can't?

My card can do more screen modes than the ones listed in Windows and with Linux the list of modes varys from distro to distro as they ude differant drivers.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: WMD on 20 October 2005, 22:32
1152x864 @ 85Hz.  Compaq V700.

In Windows I could make this setup do 1280x960 @ 85Hz - but in Linux I haven't been able to make it work.  Modelines, refresh ranges, all that stuff.  All it does is use that spanning mode where you move the mouse and the whole screen shifts....or 60Hz.  Which I would never use.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Lead Head on 20 October 2005, 23:59
it can do varios higher resolutions  1t 75Hz but no higher
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Kintaro on 21 October 2005, 03:25
1280x1024 on a 17" here, and on my laptop I have 1280x800 on 15.4" widescreen.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: solemnwarning on 23 October 2005, 00:07
17" 1152x864@75Hz

i would use 1280x1024 but 60Hz gives me a headache :(
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 23 October 2005, 02:55
Quote from: Lead Head
it can do varios higher resolutions  1t 75Hz but no higher


That's probably your monitor limiting you most graphics cards don't care about the refresh rate posibly apart from really old ones.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 23 October 2005, 03:04
I like my monitor, I also like the fact that it was produced in 1998 and can do 1600x1200@72Hz, which I think is respectable. :)

I would LOVE my sisters Eizo Flexscan L985EX though, which is worth around $3000. :(
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Pathos on 23 October 2005, 04:03
I have refresh rate problems with my monitors on linux too. Both of them are on 60hz because thats all it'll let me do. At least I can get them on my favourite resolutions.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 23 October 2005, 04:31
Quote from: Pathos
I have refresh rate problems with my monitors on linux too. Both of them are on 60hz because thats all it'll let me do. At least I can get them on my favourite resolutions.

That's odd, I've never had a problem with refresh rates.

I'm assuming you've tried editing your xorg.conf file? :scared:
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Firefoxfanphill on 23 October 2005, 06:35
I use some Dell Trinitron, its 100hz and 1024*768.

Its so old and its able to handle it :D of course, I had to by pass a warning and its sopposed to do 1024*768 at 85hz, but I just like triple digits and want a new moniter when this one frys :D.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Pathos on 24 October 2005, 00:14
Quote from: MarathoN
That's odd, I've never had a problem with refresh rates.

I'm assuming you've tried editing your xorg.conf file? :scared:

um yeah.......

fuck, How on earth did I miss the vertical refresh range property...arg :nothappy:

Any way I found that extending the horizontal refresh range freed up a couple of resolutions that weren't previously available.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 24 October 2005, 03:06
Quote from: Pathos
um yeah.......

fuck, How on earth did I miss the vertical refresh range property...arg :nothappy:

Any way I found that extending the horizontal refresh range freed up a couple of resolutions that weren't previously available.

Well, I'm glad you figured that out. :)
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: cymon on 24 October 2005, 03:29
I don't know what my refresh rate is, I use the monitor that comes glued on to the ibook.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: WMD on 24 October 2005, 03:58
Laptop LCDs are probably 60Hz, just like desktop ones.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: cymon on 24 October 2005, 04:07
Oh. It can't be that bad, though, I haven't been getting headaches and it doesn't flicker.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 24 October 2005, 04:12
I love LCD monitors, just so long as they're worth the money. :D
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: WMD on 24 October 2005, 04:23
Quote from: cymon
Oh. It can't be that bad, though, I haven't been getting headaches and it doesn't flicker.

LCDs never flicker, regardless of refresh rate.

Recently my CRT has been hurting my eyes, I fixed this by turning the brightness all the way down.  Still pretty visible, and my eyes don't hurt anymore.  I'd still like an LCD though - preferably, a Dell 1704FPV. <3
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 24 October 2005, 12:42
I'm using a TFT now and it's excellent I'd imadgine that it won't be long before they're cheaper than CRTs. The reason why they were so expensive is because it's hard to manufacture them because there were lots of rejects (often >50% due to bad lines and pixels) but technology is improving this process so it's become more efficient and making them cheeper.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 24 October 2005, 13:52
Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
I'm using a TFT now and it's excellent I'd imadgine that it won't be long before they're cheaper than CRTs. The reason why they were so expensive is because it's hard to manufacture them because there were lots of rejects (often >50% due to bad lines and pixels) but technology is improving this process so it's become more efficient and making them cheeper.

I don't like TFT monitors AT ALL.

I would settle for LCD, for sure. :p
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: solemnwarning on 24 October 2005, 21:37
Crt :d
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 24 October 2005, 22:12
TFT is an LCD it just an enhancement to existing LCD technology. TFT stands for Thin Film Transistor, it's an LDC with millions of tiny transistors etched on the glass this speeds up the response and makes a sharper more clear picture.

So I conclude that LCDs suck shit and TFTs rule.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 24 October 2005, 22:35
Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
TFT is an LCD it just an enhancement to existing LCD technology. TFT stands for Thin Film Transistor, it's an LDC with millions of tiny transistors etched on the glass this speeds up the response and makes a sharper more clear picture.

So I conclude that LCDs suck shit and TFTs rule.

Hmm, all the TFT's I have seen have been way too sharp, that I couldn't even read anything on the screen. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Pathos on 26 October 2005, 10:50
My laptop screen has like a 2 second response time, built in speed blur.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 28 October 2005, 00:28
MarathoN,
Too sharp?
How can it be too sharp?
I mean how can a sharp and clear picture be harder to read?

Pathos,
Your shitty old laptop will have a slow response as it's a crappy old LCD screen from a time before TFT was even invented.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 28 October 2005, 01:38
Sorry, wrong choice of words, what I meant was, the colour  is far too saturated, and as a result I find it difficult to read anything on screen.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 28 October 2005, 12:31
The colour was a bit wrong on mine too, so I RTFM and adjusted the settings and now it's perfect, I couldn't be happier with my TFT monitor.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: MarathoN on 28 October 2005, 17:57
Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
The colour was a bit wrong on mine too, so I RTFM and adjusted the settings and now it's perfect, I couldn't be happier with my TFT monitor.

Hehe, well all these problems were encountered when using my friends computers, they are n00bs. :D
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: hm_murdock on 29 October 2005, 02:49
Color settings are important on LCDs of any type, especially TFT, not so much on the old Dual Scan ones, because color on those was usually kinda bleh.
Title: Re: Asta la vista
Post by: Pathos on 29 October 2005, 03:18
Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
Pathos,
Your shitty old laptop will have a slow response as it's a crappy old LCD screen from a time before TFT was even invented.

no I've just got the cheapo dual scan model, there was a tft model available. and its not shitty :mad:.