IBM P260 vs. ViewSonic G810?

[Sammy5000]

Hey Guys...

I am trying to decide between two 21" CRT Monitors, and am having a difficult time confirming the specs for one of them (IBM P260). Googling is giving me very little data to go off of. The IBM monitor appears to have "Trinitron" with max resolution of 1920x1440, while the ViewSonic can go up to 2048x1536. The Viewsonic's viewable area is .2" bigger, but I am not sure that makes a big difference. Refresh Rates for the IBM are hard to confirm as well.

One of these monitors will be hooked up to a 6800GT PCI-express GPU. Any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations would be appreciated. Let me know. Thanks in advance.

 

[kylebisme]

The P260 will do 2048x1536 @ 60hz, at least mine will.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
The P260 will do 2048x1536 @ 60hz, at least mine will.

nope it can do 20x15 @ 75Hz
P260 is a better monitor by FAR

 

[Sammy5000]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Just to confirm, the P260 does have DVI Input, correct?

If so, is there that much of a difference in using DVI (monitor)-DVI (GPU), rather than VGA (monitor)-VGA/DVI Adapter (GPU) in quality?

 

[kylebisme]

Yeah there is a DVI input. But being an analog monitor it's not digital input, but rather just the analog portion of the singal passed though the DVI-i connector on the videocard (the same signal that is used with a DVI-to-VGA addaptor). It also has a standard VGA input, and there is a switch on the front of the monitor so you can use and simply switch between the two. The cable that IBM packages with the monitor has a VGA plug on one side and a DVI-i on the other, so you can hook it up either way depending on whether you want to use the DVI or VGA out from your videocard.

 

[Sammy5000]

Thanks, Snowman. That being said, there is no benefit between DVI-A and VGA, because it is the same signal, right? All it does is make connecting the monitor to a GPU easier, based on the inputs.

 

[kylebisme]

Sure Enough.