Re: off topic: AOC monitor

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On 27 June 2011 21:31, Rene Bartosh <[email protected]> wrote:

> In my experience using VGA can lead to washed out colours at higher
> resolutions. Also, some Windows XP graphics drivers do not support
> particular resolutions (e.g. my old laptop with some form of Intel
> intergrated graphics does not like widescreen resolutions unless I
> install a hacked driver).
>
> If you PC has an AGP or PCI-E slot graphics cards to fit these can be
> had fairly cheaply, you can also get ones which use a normal PCI slot
> but they are rarer and hence more pricey. Chris can probably help you
> out here if you want to do this.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rene
>
> Thanks - just started googling, and according to the web my AMD Athlon XP,
runs at 1.67 and has a slot for a card.  Not sure which type of slot at this
point, guess I need to get the cover off and take a photo!   The AMD site
seems to favour Radeon, and I need to find out if these are Linux
compatible, as I dual boot this machine.

Thanks
Rose

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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 27 June 2011 21:31, Rene Bartosh <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a=
>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
In my experience using VGA can lead to washed out colours at higher<br>
resolutions. Also, some Windows XP graphics drivers do not support<br>
particular resolutions (e.g. my old laptop with some form of Intel<br>
intergrated graphics does not like widescreen resolutions unless I<br>
install a hacked driver).<br>
<br>
If you PC has an AGP or PCI-E slot graphics cards to fit these can be<br>
had fairly cheaply, you can also get ones which use a normal PCI slot<br>
but they are rarer and hence more pricey. Chris can probably help you<br>
out here if you want to do this.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Rene<br>
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>Thanks =
- just started googling, and according to the web my AMD Athlon XP, runs at=
 1.67 and has a slot for a card. =A0Not sure which type of slot at this poi=
nt, guess I need to get the cover off and take a photo! =A0 The AMD site se=
ems to favour Radeon, and I need to find out if these are Linux compatible,=
 as I dual boot this machine.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Rose</div></div>

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