dorayme wrote: > At long last, I got a better card than the original that came with my > QS 933, clearing the way for me to get a bigger screen. > > But one thing that is puzzling is how to find out the native > resolution of my screens without digging out the documentation. There > seems no Mac software that tells this? I have a feeling that one of > my screens is 1600 by 1080 but this is not quite one of the > possibilities showing up from the new card. Close is 1600 by 1024, > sure looks fine but it would be nice to be exactly right. I must say, > the colours look so much better with this new card with its little > fan! And being a true Mac card, I might even have a go at using the > sleep function sometime. > > I run two monitors off this card: > > ATI Radeon 9800 Pro: > > Chipset Model: ATY,R350 > Type: Display > Bus: AGP > Slot: SLOT-1 > VRAM (Total): 128 MB > Vendor: ATI (0x1002) > Device ID: 0x4e48 > Revision ID: 0x0000 > ROM Revision: 113-A07525-130 > Displays: > DELL SP1908FP: > Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz > Depth: 32-bit Color > Core Image: Supported > Mirror: Off > Online: Yes > Quartz Extreme: Supported > VA2026w: > Resolution: 1600 x 1024 @ 60 Hz > Depth: 32-bit Color > Core Image: Supported > Main Display: Yes > Mirror: Off > Online: Yes > Quartz Extreme: Supported > > Anyone know if there is a technique to discover *native res* of the > monitors. Do the monitors not supply the info somehow to the OS? > > Perhaps I might need to get software from the card manufacturer's > website. I recall the twin turbo software from that old chestnut card > on my 7300, able to deliver different resolutions...
Without check the manf data you'll never really know if the card is outputing the maximum resolution of the display. A simple google search of the model number yielded a screen resolution of 1680 x 1050. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
