Can a xfx 6600gt dual dvi -agp do 1920x1280 resolution in 2D ?

[William Gaatjes]

Hello, i a have an older system that has an xfx 6600gt dual dvi output.

It is this exact model :

I have upgraded it a few years ago with a zalman gfx cooler and it is working perfect ever since when keeping an regular cleaning schedule.

I want to use this card for 2D only work. And i want to connect it to a 1920 * 1280 monitor. Is that possible ? I have read that the 6600gt chip does not support such resolutions even at 60 Hz because of an design error in the chip.

Can this card out of the box work with an 1920* 1280 monitor ?
Or should i look for a monitor with a lower resolution ?


Please do not respond with the solution of buying an better card.
This old machine will just do 2D but with a large screen that is all.

Thank you in advance... ^_^

 

[Dahak]

according to the spec sheet available here it can do a max of 2048x1536

 

[William Gaatjes]

Well, i had looked first at the nvidia website before posting. Indeed they state this. But under which conditions ? As it turns out according to some people who own this card , the internal DVI part of Nvida does not do anything higher then 1680*1080 because of a clock limitation of 165Mhz it seems. The only option to get higher resolutions is when an external chip is used. I have not took my pc apart yet, to check if such a chip actually is present.

I am not fully aware of the DVI specifications.
I looked it up and for as far as i can tell it should indeed work. But according to some it does not. Anybody has experience with this combination ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface#Clock_and_data_relationship

Minimum clock frequency: 25.175 MHz
Maximum clock by cable quality (up to 330 Mhz, 7.92 Gbit/s)
Pixels per clock cycle: 1 (single link) or 2 (dual link)
Bits per pixel: 24 (single and dual link) or 48 (dual link only)
Example display modes (single link):
HDTV (1,920 × 1,080) @ 60 Hz with CVT-RB blanking (139 MHz)
UXGA (1,600 × 1,200) @ 60 Hz with GTF blanking (161 MHz)
WUXGA (1,920 × 1,200) @ 60 Hz with CVT-RB blanking (154 MHz)
SXGA (1,280 × 1,024) @ 85 Hz with GTF blanking (159 MHz)
WXGA+ (1440 × 900) @ 60 Hz (107 MHz)
WQUXGA (3,840 × 2,400) @ 17 Hz (164 MHz)
Example display modes (dual link):
QXGA (2,048 × 1,536) @ 75 Hz with GTF blanking (2 × 170 MHz)
HDTV (1,920 × 1,080) @ 85 Hz with GTF blanking (2 × 126 MHz)
WUXGA (1,920 × 1,200) @ 120 Hz with GTF (2 x 154 MHz)
WQXGA (2,560 × 1,600) @ 60 Hz with GTF blanking (2 × 174 MHz) (30-inch (762 mm) Apple, Dell, Gateway, HP, NEC, Quinux, and Samsung LCDs)
WQXGA (2,560 × 1,600) @ 60 Hz with CVT-RB blanking (2 × 135 MHz) (30-inch (762 mm) Apple, Dell, Gateway, HP, NEC, Quinux, and Samsung LCDs)
WQUXGA (3,840 × 2,400) @ 33 Hz with GTF blanking (2 × 159 MHz)

 

[VirtualLarry]

How hard would it be to just try it? I do remember though that some of Nvidia's cards had issues with DVI resolution back in the day.

 

[William Gaatjes]

How hard would it be to just try it? I do remember though that some of Nvidia's cards had issues with DVI resolution back in the day.

Well, i do not have a monitor with that resolution to try with. I can buy a monitor , but then i can not test if it works properly. Which is against my principle. If i buy a monitor, i will buy a good one which will be reflect in the price.

I am planning for a new system for a long time now but i have not finished my research yet. As such eventually i would have a use for the monitor anyway though even it does not work. But for now i want to buy a monitor for the older system.

 

[AVAFREAK182]

upgrade?

 

[tweakboy]

Yes.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Just buy the monitor for now. If it DOESN'T work, throw down an extra $30-40ish on a slightly newer PCI (since you have AGP, not PCI-E) card that will run at that resolution. Before you dismiss that as a waste of cash, keep in mind that you can use it as a testing card later on, in case your future PCI-E card starts acting up.

You obviously won't be playing any games on a PCI card, but I doubt a 6600 GT is up to the task these days either.

Here's an 8400 GS that should fit the bill: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814187041.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Well, i am still doing research about what to buy. I have done this since i let myself be advised and ran into trouble. After that i decided to do research before i buy anything. It has suited me well. I can give all my replaced components away to friends and family because what i buy does not break down. I also have to add that i always do some after market modifications to enhance the reliability of the products such as coolpaste checking and better coolers.

But i have found a monitor that will fit to my needs. The ProLite E2472HDD-1 from Iiyama. It is a monitor with a led background light. It is a bit more expensive but it has all i need from a monitor. But then again, sales price from the monitor it is going to replace was at the time (15 years ago around 1500 euro. That would be around 3000 dollars at the time(I got it for free and repaired it). But then again this monitor is still working but i need to replace the electrolytic capacitors on the video pcb because these are dried out(Which i will do when i have some free time). This can be seen because of mild ghosting and ringing on black to white and white to black changes. Besides that it is still working perfect(not bad for a CRT monitor of 15 years old used a few hours a day).

Back to the ProLite E2472HDD-1 from Iiyama. It even features a vga input and supports all vesa resolutions. As such even if 1920*1080 would not work, i can set it a bit lower. The monitor supports some functions to display the original aspect of the video signal but can also stretch the image to full size if necessary(according to the manual and if i understood correctly).

The ProLite E2472HDD-1 from Iiyama it will be.
After that when the upgrade cycle is started, more of these monitors will appear and new more powerful modern pc's will have no problem with driving these monitors.

I have read positive reviews about these monitors and are readily available in the computer shops downtown. As with all TN monitors, these monitors need to be calibrated for the best color production as possible. As with all TN monitors these monitors have some drawbacks when compared to crt monitors when displaying dark scenes but then again, when using for work these monitors are great. And in the reviews it is mentioned that when messing around with the settings of the graphics card, the effect of not displaying of subtile differences in dark sections of a movie scene can be reduced.

 

[Capt Caveman]

My old 6600GT used to drive dual monitors 1920x1200 and 1600x1200. I used to game with it also.

 

[RussianSensation]

I want to use this card for 2D only work. And i want to connect it to a 1920 * 1280 monitor. Is that possible ? I have read that the 6600gt chip does not support such resolutions even at 60 Hz because of an design error in the chip.

Can this card out of the box work with an 1920* 1280 monitor ?

Thank you in advance... ^_^

I had a 6600 non-GT AGP 8x and even that card can do 1920x1080:
http://www.pny.com/products/verto/pe...00agp8x256.asp

Maximum resolution through VGA (blue connector) = 2048x1536 @ 85hz
Maximum resolution through DVI as at least 1920x1200 @ 60Hz.

Another source states that even 1920x1440 is supported: http://reviews.cnet.com/graphics-cards/nvidia-geforce-6600-gt/4507-8902_7-31138497.html

 

[William Gaatjes]

Thank you for the reply. That settles it then.
I will buy the monitor soon and when i have it i will let you know if it works and if it is really is as good as is mentioned in the reviews. (Which i expect is true, when comparing price ranges).