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- From: janl@ifi.uio.no (Jan Nicolai Langfeldt)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: 110 MHz Tseng 4k card from Tseng Labs (selfhelp in desiding on card/monitor combo)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.212201.22351@ifi.uio.no>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 21:22:01 GMT
- References: <1992Jul23.221019.20215@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Sender: janl@ifi.uio.no (Nicolai Langfeldt)
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- In article <1992Jul23.221019.20215@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, osmoviit@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Kari Osmoviita) writes:
- > Somebody asked about faster than 80 MHz 4k card. I just ordered 110 Mhz
- > version of Tseng Labs supervga card. It can show 1280x1024x16 colors at
- > 60 Hz noninterlaced. For X386 at 1152x900 it could be quite nice with
- > suitable monitor. I just wonder if Nanao/Eizo F550i (65 kHz line
- > frequency limit) is good enough.
-
- ***TUTOR MODE: ON
- Simple calculation (learnt from video tutorial):
-
- How many horizontal pixels you want? = hpix = 1152
- Dot clock? = dc = 110,000,000 (MHz = 10^6Hz)
-
- line_frequency = dc/(hpix/0.8) =
- 110000000Hz/(1152/0.8) = 76388Hz =~ 77kHz
-
- Which is clearly more than 65kHz. (also called horizontal frequency I
- think)
-
- Refresh_rate = line_frequency/(no_of_lines*1.05)) =
- 77kHz/(900*1.05) =~ 81Hz
-
- So 77kHz horizontaly with 900 lines will give ~81Hz (vertical) refresh
- rate.
-
- 110MHz is clearly for superior monitors.
-
- Now you know all you need to know about what frequencies you can use
- for what monitors. Lucky you! :-)
-
- ***TUTOR MODE: OFF
- ***SPECULATION MODE: ON
-
- Going the other way: dc=110MHz and 65kHz line frequency given: You
- need at least 1360 (1353 rounded up to be devidable with 8) horizontal
- pixels to get down to 65kHz. 1Mb memory allows you 771 lines of 1360
- pixels.
-
- 100MHz (and 1152x900) gives 69kHz and 73Hz respectivly. Which is
- respective, but still demanding.
-
- ***SPECULATION MODE: OFF
-
- But what is magic with 1152x900 (sun uses it?)? On most screens that
- dosn't give square pixels. My monitor has 3/2 form factor, and is
- limited to 57kHz horizontaly. I want square pixels, so after
- calculating a bit 1120x746 seems to be ideal for my card/monitor
- combination. Figuring out what my dot clock is and my vertical refresh
- is left as an exercise for the reader :-) (easy pie!)
-
- Nicolai
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