Recent content by J S Jackson

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    New ATi drivers...

    Just curious. You have a nice system there. Why in the world are you using a crappy monitor to look at the output of that system? CRTs are dirt cheap right now. You could have a real nice 19" or 21" that will do 85hz at 1600x1200.
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    New Monitor, Custom Refresh Rates, and My Concerns.

    Generally, outside of gaming, you'll want to use the LOWEST flicker-free refresh rate you can, probably 85hz. Increasing the refresh rate beyond that just causes the image (especially noticeable with text) to become more blurry.
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    keeping printer on always = bad?

    I simply hate the noise. Maybe ink jet printers are more quiet? This HP LaserJet 4MV makes a bit of an electrical humming sound, even when it's "sleeping". Lucky it has an off switch, unlike your 1200? I always thought that the general rule, when deciding whether to leave a piece of...
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    What is it about Gnome or KDE that makes the GUi interface look primitive?

    Course Ubuntu doesn't officially support KDE. Not to mention you're using Hoary (unstable/dev). Most of my experience with KDE was with Mandrake, and for some reason I never had nice looking fonts - despite fiddling with the anti-aliasing and every other setting under the sun. That's what...
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    What is it about Gnome or KDE that makes the GUi interface look primitive?

    In my mind, Windows has by far the best fonts themselves. Verdana, Georgia, Tahoma, Trebuchet are fantastic. I'd like to use KDE but the font rendering is so piss poor, I can't stand to look at it for more than a few minutes. Really irks me because I prefer it to any other desktop...
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    need a crt monitor for gaming

    Good to hear you found one you like!
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    Sigh....dead pixel

    Be very careful "massaging" them. This can very often change how the anti-glare coating looks, since the screen flexes a bit when you do it. I have a friend that tried it with VERY light pressure. Now he has a very light "smudge" in the anti-glare coating at that place. So now he's looking...
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    19" CRT Decision

    I haven't seen the E90f in action, but I have seen several of the 997DF's. I didn't like it at all. It has a very grainy texture to the image, and the colors look washed out and anemic. If you can, you should take a look at one in a store before you decide. The 997DF is fairly well rated...
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    need a crt monitor for gaming

    Well I got my P95f+ yesterday, and it looks fantastic. Played some games, looked great, well focused and nice color all around. So I'm happily surfing the web and I come across a page with a white background and black text... and I see a very strange thing. To the right of the text, after it...
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    Video Smearing/Fading to the Right of Screen

    I just bought a NEW ViewSonic P95f+ and I'm seeing this same problem you describe. Oddly, it only occurs with text. There is no ghosting or shadow of this type on anything but text. Black *graphics* (of any kind) on white background look flawless. No amount of adjustment for moire...
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    need a crt monitor for gaming

    Sucky. Seems from looking at the ViewSonic website that the A series only get a one year warranty. All the others get three?
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    need a crt monitor for gaming

    It's likely that my bias towards aperture grill tubes is based on the fact that I've been using one for 6-7 years, 8-12 hours a day. At this point, it's difficult for me to look at shadow masks. They look grainy, no matter the resolution. In addition, the colors look somewhat pale and anemic...
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    need a crt monitor for gaming

    Well I think I'm going to get a ViewSonic P95f+. It is by far the best monitor I've seen yet. The Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 930SB may or may not be better, but I can't seem to find a store that has one. I'm very apprehensive about buying a monitor I haven't seen. I did get a look at a couple...
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    need a crt monitor for gaming

    I hear ya. I've never been able to web surf comfortably at 1600x1200. There are just too many things that are too small for my liking. 1280x960 is about the highest I can handle for that, but I usually stick to 1152x864. I don't use 1280x1024 at all, as it's the wrong aspect ratio (5:4)...
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    need a crt monitor for gaming

    I'm sure you're not blind, and I trust what you say for one reason. The monitor has gotten good reviews across the web - both professional and amateur reviews. Surely everyone isn't lying, or blind? That's why I thought that: a) they were both defective, or; b) I'm not setting it up...