As I stopped playing 3D games and uses computer for web browing+photo editing,
I've been happy with this outdated P4C 2.6 + 19" CRT + 1G Ram + FX5200 setup.
However, my CRT started dying and that cheap 22" LCD monitor was quite a temptation.
I got my first LCD a few days ago and all hell broke loose.
22" Samsung 226BW happened to be that C panel and the LG 226WA I replaced it to had a DVI problem just like other million people especially who use FX5200. I spent whole night trying to fix currupted EDID code on the monitor but had no luck.
Before returning the LCD, I gave it a try and bought this ATI card without any research and it works fine and Vista runs a lot faster!
Now, it feels good that I'm done with this hell but at the same time, it feels somewhat weird because it's my first PC stuff that I bought without knowing anything about it.
I know it doesn't really matter as I do not play 3D games. However, I do have some concerns because back in those days when I was following hardware scene(more than a few years ago), ATI cards had some issues:
1. Driver problems: Well, nowadays, Nvidia seems to be having hard time on Vista.
How about ATI?
2. Price: I paid CDN $113 for X1300. I know I can get this one Geforce 6800XT 128mb cheaper.
Should I stay or change? or is there anything better in that price range? Although I haven't played 3d games for so long, I might just play some games.
3. 1:1 pixel mapping: I'm not sure if I'm using the right term. What I'm asking is if this ATI card supports resolutions such as 640x480 that's not stretched on the wide screen.
I remember reading that ATI drivers do not support them as Nvidia drivers do. Is it true?
I've been happy with this outdated P4C 2.6 + 19" CRT + 1G Ram + FX5200 setup.
However, my CRT started dying and that cheap 22" LCD monitor was quite a temptation.
I got my first LCD a few days ago and all hell broke loose.
22" Samsung 226BW happened to be that C panel and the LG 226WA I replaced it to had a DVI problem just like other million people especially who use FX5200. I spent whole night trying to fix currupted EDID code on the monitor but had no luck.
Before returning the LCD, I gave it a try and bought this ATI card without any research and it works fine and Vista runs a lot faster!
Now, it feels good that I'm done with this hell but at the same time, it feels somewhat weird because it's my first PC stuff that I bought without knowing anything about it.
I know it doesn't really matter as I do not play 3D games. However, I do have some concerns because back in those days when I was following hardware scene(more than a few years ago), ATI cards had some issues:
1. Driver problems: Well, nowadays, Nvidia seems to be having hard time on Vista.
How about ATI?
2. Price: I paid CDN $113 for X1300. I know I can get this one Geforce 6800XT 128mb cheaper.
Should I stay or change? or is there anything better in that price range? Although I haven't played 3d games for so long, I might just play some games.
3. 1:1 pixel mapping: I'm not sure if I'm using the right term. What I'm asking is if this ATI card supports resolutions such as 640x480 that's not stretched on the wide screen.
I remember reading that ATI drivers do not support them as Nvidia drivers do. Is it true?
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