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1680 x 1050 Dell 2005FP - Video card?

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Jeffyboy

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Hi Everyone...

Just ordered this monitor..feeling safe with Dell's 30 day return policy (in case there are dead/stuck pixels)
What video cards are you guys using... they don't normally support 1680 x 1050... but would detect it?
I have an ATI9550 and a 9600 hoping either will be ok. What's your experience?

Thanks

Jeff
 
I was about to ask the same question. I just got the same monitor ($554 shipped...=P) and currently have a FX5700 w/256MB and while it does the 1680x1050, it's boarderline choppy. Was thinking about upgrading to either a 6600GT or 6800nu, but since they only have 128MB memory, wondering how much of a difference they will make that this LCD's native resolution?
 
So, how does the 5700 function aside from opengl performance at the native resolution?
DVI connection and everything is clear and pretty? ;-) I'd think of getting a high-end card... but would end up getting PCI express...and would have to change the mobo and chip too.
 
It preforms well enough without any eye-candy turned on, but once you start to turn that on, it struggles. I mainly play World of Warcraft which doesn't stress cards as much as other games, so not sure how it will preform on a more graphical intense game.

Also, I can't get the DVI function to work, keeps saying it is out of range. Going to work on that some more, but using analog at the moment.

Someone once metioned something about V-Lock or V-Sync, can that or any person expand on that issue as it relates to this monitor?
 
Well that's really sweet 🙂 Not quite the response I was wondering about... but, anyways... the return period up here in the non-USA region is 30 days.

8. Return Policies. Under Dell's "Total Satisfaction Return Policy", end-user Customers who buy Dell-branded products directly from Dell may return them to Dell up to 30 days after you receive them for a refund of the product purchase price if already paid. You must prepay return shipping charges and insure the shipment or accept the risk of loss or damage during shipment and the refund credit will not include any shipping and handling charges shown on your invoice, and will be subject to a fifteen percent (15%) restocking fee, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Dell's "Total Satisfaction Return Policy" does not apply to Dell | EMC storage products. Dell's "Total Satisfaction Return Policy" can be found online at www.dell.ca or on request.

http://www1.ca.dell.com/conten...ck=lf&~section=012

So?? what's a good card?
 
If you play games in the default res, unless you turn everything down (probably still then) its going to be very choppy frames wise.
 
Ok, I guess i'll just be safe and get an ATI X800? ;-) Actually... I think my dad insisted he gets one for Christmas so we'll see. Some of the OEM cards are getting quite cheap..without all the games and stuff.
I hear it's a solid card
 
ATI's DVI transmitters are perfectly OK. NVidia's (those embedded into their graphics chips) aren't up to the job of serving a high-res display, since they consistently develop a signal quality issue when pixel clocks go past the 120-140 MHz range. (You need the maxed-out 165 MHz for big displays like this one.)

So if you want to combine an NVidia chip based card with a high-res DVI display, make sure your card of choice uses a discrete transmitter chip component rather than the integrated one.
 
peter,

what ati card would you recommend then? would there be any difference upgrading to a DVI card? i'm currently running my 2001FP in analog mode on a geforce2 GTS. i do not play any games so i just want the best quality 2D quality that i can get. thanks!
 
Thanks Peter... I've been hearing goofy nvidia stuff floating around... but I don't know by experience. I think I will stick with ATI then... prolly get an X800 since it seems up to just about any job. I've seen some OEM X800SE cards somewhat cheap... it'll prolly just be a good fit.

🙂
 
Good move, jeffyboy.

ace, if you're after nothing but 2D quality, a 9200SE would do. Looking a bit into the future, a DX9 hardware card would be a longer lasting thing. 9550SE is it then.
 
Originally posted by: Peter
ATI's DVI transmitters are perfectly OK. NVidia's (those embedded into their graphics chips) aren't up to the job of serving a high-res display, since they consistently develop a signal quality issue when pixel clocks go past the 120-140 MHz range. (You need the maxed-out 165 MHz for big displays like this one.)

So if you want to combine an NVidia chip based card with a high-res DVI display, make sure your card of choice uses a discrete transmitter chip component rather than the integrated one.
Click to expand...

Could that be the reason my 2005FPW is having problems with the DVI from my FX5700? How are the 6600GT's or 6800nu's when it comes to that?
 
I wouldn't doubt it... the poor little beast just doesn't have the guts? Altho, i read a newsgroup elsewhere that someone is using their FX5700 on a laptop with linux and the same monitor and everything is fine. Lots of variables there. I would contact nvidia if it were possible. I assume your VGA connections works fine tho?
 
Actually, with most of the eye candy turned off, that little 5700 does just fine at 1680x1050, and that's mainly due to it having 256MB. As you start to turn on that eye candy, that's when it struggles. The card is very playable, but I like eye candy!
 
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