Re: Monitor question
On 12/24/2010 9:30 AM, Mark Neidorff wrote:
Hi Folks,
Running Lenny updated.
I'm wondering what I lose if I switch to a large wide screen monitor. I
currently have a "regular" 17" Viewsonic (VP171s). Works fine, but since my
eyes are getting older, I'm tempted by the crop of wide screen 25" monitors
on the market. If you want to tell me how great a particular brand of
monitor is, please e-mail me off the list (I don't want to start a flame war
on the list). My systems currently use the on-board video that comes with
the motherboards. (I have multiple systems connected to the monitor) For my
server, I want to keep using the on-board video, but for my desktop machine,
putting in a video card is not out of the question.
Well the obvious issues are: what type of CPU are you using: What type
of video is onboard (does it use dedicated RAM);
how much memory are you using for the entire system. Lenny is very
capable of doing what you want, If you do decide to buy a new monitor
then I can reccommend a Viewsonic as a good fairly inexpensive model. I
recently built a new server & have a 23" Viewsonic doing nicely. Be sure
to watch for rebates also, some good deals out there now. If you do buy
a new one with a new video card, make sure you get both that have HDMI
inputs & outputs. ATI video cards use propriatary drivers but they are
fairly up to date in Debian now & you can actually get installable ones
from ATI themselves. I personally like the Gigabit cards with ATI
chipsets. I use a dual card setup with the crossfire mode activated. It
allows streaming live full 1080p video. I'm sure there are many
solutions for your concerns, these are just from my own experience & YMMV!
So, questions:
1. Will my on-board video cards be able to drive a new monitor to full
resolution? If not, will I be able to run the GUI in a usable fashion or
will I get a fuzzy display or will there be other compromises?
pretty much answered above.
2. Are there monitors that do not support text mode out there? I'm asking
because I do as much work on my server as possible in text mode, only using X
when absolutely necessary. I also feel the need to watch the boot messages
go by at times. If a monitor can't display text mode, then it will be
useless to me.
No problem there with any of them.
3. Are there any other general suggestions about the wide screen monitors that
I should be aware of?
Can only be answered if we know what you want form the monitor.
FYI: if you just want an easier to read screen text resolution, then
reset it in the boot menue.
X will be reset anyways to what ever is avaliable on the monitor. & is
easily finetuned.
Thanks,
Mark
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John Foster
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