20" LCD on a GeFroce MX 440 64MB?

[azkiwi]

I'm passing on my Planar 20" to a friend. He says his current graphics adapter only supports 1280 by 1024, 256 colors 75 hertz (sad, I know).

I have an MX 440 to throw in for nix but now I'm concerned it may not supoport it either. Specs say 2048 x 1536 @ 85 Hz but it seems that might only be CRT not LCD.

Anyone know?

And if it won't; what is the cheapest card that WILL run the monitor at it s default 1600x1200 in at least 16-bit color? (Not for gaming.)


Thanks.

 

[firewolfsm]

You can find some PCI 5XXX card that will do it.

 

[azkiwi]

His mobo is 3 yrs old, so I know it won't support PCI-E, and I'm not even sure it will support 8X AGP.

 

[betasub]

An uncompressed 1600x1200 16-bit image is almost 4MB in size, so the card would require at least 8MB as a frame buffer, and double that for 32-bit.

Obviously any card with DVI output will be able to handle your LCD, but there's no reason why your MX440 can't handle the LCD through ithe card's VGA output (the same output as it would use for an equivalent CRT).

 

[azkiwi]

Thanks - that was the part I was confused on. Its a 64MB card and advertises support for two CRTs at 2048 x 1536 or two LCDs at 1280 x1024. It doesn't have DVI output.

So was hoping that it would run the LCD at 1600 x 1200 via the VGA output.

 

[TheNewbie]

I still use GF2 on one of my computers, work great for office and web applications though I use it for a single 19" LCD 1280x1024 32bit

 

[azkiwi]

This card is GeForce 4 but the LCD doesn't scale very well, and at 1280 by 1024 it looks pretty sucky to me ( I'm used to it via DVI) . My friend is currently looking at a 17" CRT and I want him to have a distinct improvement!

 

[azkiwi]

Turns out the on-board graphics on his Asus A7V400 is already 64MB (. Anyone have any idea where I can find the maximum supported resolution for that? I don't see it on the S3 site.

Video Adapter VIA/S3 UniChrome Integrated
GPU Code Name UniChrome (Integrated 1106 / 7205, Rev 01)
GPU Clock 133 MHz
Memory Clock 166 MHz

 

[mxnerd]

1600x1200 x 4 bytes (32 bit color) = 7,680,000 about 8M, there is no reason any video card (chip) on the market can't handle it the resolution.

 

[azkiwi]

Thanks, MX. I guess I'll just have him plug it in first and see what happens. He can get a GeForce 6200 for $28 with DVI anyway, so i shouldn't have to listen to him crying.

 

[mxnerd]

Heh, I have PNY GeForce 6200 too, cheap and way better than S3 UniChrome crap. UniChrome is OK for Office & internet, but if you are playing DVD, the colors will be completely washed out.