Dell 2001FP

[Caveman]

Looking to upgrade my monitor for general use and gaming. Right now until November, I have a GF3 Ti 500 video card.

Q) Can my card put out "a" signal that the LCD can display? Will the display look like crap? I can "limp by" for several months until I get a new rig, but I'd like the display to at least be "good"...

Comments?

 

[Tseng]

Does your GF3 Ti500 have a DVI connector? If the answer is posituve, then you will just be fine. And you are able to really enjot the LCD monitor quality. If the answer is negative, you are okay too, just D-Sub is not the good choice for a fine LCD monitor like 2001FP.

 

[GroovBird]

Unfortunately, it's not that simple. I've heard of problems with older Geforce cards that have the TDMS transmitter externally, which will fail at higher resolutions. I think you should check out the release notes of the ForceWare drivers (on nVIDIA's site) to see if the card supports the higher resolutions correctly on DVI. You may get it working on the VGA connector, but the quality will be poorer. Especially at very high resolutions (1600x1200), the noise becomes visible.

Dave.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Yeah, it will probably not work at that high resolution due to the TDMS; regardless I've heard GF3 DVI output looks like crap on most brands (Leadtek possibly less so).

If you've got the money to spring for a 2001FP, you should be able to get a GeForce4 calibur card to match it with, at least!