Re: Video Card/Monitor Question

2011-02-25 Thread Baldassare Guzzo
I think its only important if you are using 10.5 or higher. I went video card shopping a while back. There is a lot of information online about it. However, I know that the 9700 and 9800 are significantly faster video cards overall with or with out core image. On Feb 24, 2011, at 7:00

Re: Video Card/Monitor Question

2011-02-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Barney Guzzo guz...@gmail.com wrote: The 9000 doesn't support core image. I think 9600 9700 and 9800 do. Thanks for the info Barney. Is it vital to have Core Image? On Feb 23, 2011 11:33 PM, Stephen Conrad khel...@gmail.com wrote: Does this mean the

Video Card/Monitor Question

2011-02-23 Thread Stephen Conrad
Does this mean the card doesn't support Core Image? Or is it just the monitor? *ATI Radeon 9000 Pro:* Chipset Model: ATY,RV250 Type: Display Bus: AGP Slot: SLOT-1 VRAM (Total): 128 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x4966 Revision ID: 0x0001 ROM Revision:

Re: Video Card/Monitor Question

2011-02-23 Thread Barney Guzzo
The 9000 doesn't support core image. I think 9600 9700 and 9800 do. On Feb 23, 2011 11:33 PM, Stephen Conrad khel...@gmail.com wrote: Does this mean the card doesn't support Core Image? Or is it just the monitor? *ATI Radeon 9000 Pro:* Chipset Model: ATY,RV250 Type: Display Bus: AGP

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-05 Thread glen
- Original Message From: Ashgrove salum...@gmail.com To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 12:22:56 AM Subject: Re: Monitor Question Hey Glen, Check this out: http://bit.ly/6nFcHY It hits all the sweet spots, and it's (slightly) bigger than

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread Jason Brown
On 8/3/2010 9:42 PM, glen wrote: The Dell started having a problem with the screen image rolling down (or up depending on your reference). Sort of like the very old CRT TV's that needed the horizontal hold adjusted. I'm talking about 1950's or 60's TV's. Don't know if you are old enough to

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread glen
Recently the rolling started an hour or two after the monitor warmed up and was stable. This made for a difficult if not impossible to be useful in a work environment -- s time for a new monitor. The new monitor is definitely sharper than aged Dell -- but if a cheap

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread Doug McNutt
At 16:22 -0700 8/4/10, glen wrote: Generally, I have no problem taking anything apart including the Dell. Should I assume the same danger applies to LCD's as CRT monitors regarding electric shock from the charge stored in the capacitors? If so, any safe way to discharge them? Probably won't

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread glen
- Original Message From: Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 9:46:14 PM Subject: Re: Monitor Question At 16:22 -0700 8/4/10, glen wrote: Generally, I have no problem taking anything apart including the Dell. Should

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread Peter Haas
On Aug 4, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: He was tuning the frequency of the horizontal oscillator. It has to match the rate at which the transmission is sent, about 15 kHz was standard NTSC television. There is also a vertical oscillator which was once 30 Hz. Pre-NTSC, the

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread Ashgrove
Hey Glen, Check this out: http://bit.ly/6nFcHY It hits all the sweet spots, and it's (slightly) bigger than your old Dell. I would get myself it if I had the money right now. Oh, well. Good luck, Felix -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-03 Thread Kevin Barth
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:46 PM, admin oneluc...@mac.com wrote: How do you do that? I always wondered why one monitor couldn't work for all uses. Thanks. It's not difficult. I have a KVM switch set up to allow me to share the monitor between multiple CPUs. One of the CPUs has an ATSC tuner

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-03 Thread glen
--- On Mon, 8/2/10, Kevin Barth godai@gmail.com wrote: From: Kevin Barth godai@gmail.com The monitors of interest is Hannspree 225DPB available at the local Staples office supply that I could not find the p rating. The advantage is I can pick this one up tomorrow and no lost

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-03 Thread Jason Brown
On Aug 3, 2010, at 5:13 PM, glen wrote: My reply: Thanks Kevin, I went with the Hannspree 22 mostly because it was an easy, cheap and fast replacement. Like most new monitors the screen images are crisp and clear. No real complaints it will suit my purpose. The only thing difficult

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-03 Thread glen
Really miss the adjustment buttons on the frame of the old 20 Dell 2005 UltraSharp that died. --glen Do you know what went bad? It is most likely either an inverter, caps or the likeliest problem, bulbs burned out. If you want that monitor repaired, I and likely a few others on

Monitor Question

2010-08-02 Thread glen
Need I new monitor. My old 20 LCD Dell is on life support. No complaints got used as a gift many years ago. My budget is in the $150 range and the primary use is for graphic arts (commercial but not too color sensitive) and secondarily for general web browsing/email. First question, which

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-02 Thread admin
How do you do that? I always wondered why one monitor couldn't work for all uses. Thanks. On Aug 2, 2010, at 8:32 PM, Kevin Barth wrote: I have a 22 viewsonic CRT that I'm still using, more than 10 years after it's date of manufacture. It has never shown a single problem, has

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-02 Thread Justin The Cynical
On 8/2/10 4:42 PM, glen wrote: Need I new monitor. My old 20 LCD Dell is on life support. No complaints got used as a gift many years ago. My budget is in the $150 range and the primary use is for graphic arts (commercial but not too color sensitive) and secondarily for general web

Re: ADC Monitor Question

2009-02-20 Thread Eric Volker
On Feb 19, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: The only VGA to DVI adapters I've ever seen work only with a very early version of the DVI connection standard. The adapter you have will not work; as you surmise it's for connecting VGA monitors to a DVI card.. You're pretty much stuck with

Re: ADC Monitor Question

2009-02-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:11 PM, Eric Volker wrote: I have a friend with a 23 Apple Cinema Display, with a curious problem. Apparently the USB controller in the monitor occasionally hiccups and hoses USB on his whole PowerMac. Due to this issue, he's willing to part with it. Now my G5 has a

Re: ADC Monitor Question

2009-02-19 Thread Tom
I bought one of those adapters to allow the DVI connector on a G5 to use an ADC monitor, at the local Apple Store, and it works fine. I'm running an ADC 24 Apple Cinema HD display with it. The power brick of the adapter is about the size of a paperback book, but it just sits on the floor under my

Re: ADC Monitor Question

2009-02-19 Thread Eric Volker
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: This is what you need http://tinyurl.com/accan9 Still expensive at $100, but not $300. To stop the USB madness, just don't connect the USB cable on the DVI side. As for using one with an ADC port, I suppose

Re: ADC Monitor Question

2009-02-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 19, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Eric Volker wrote: But would it be as simple as connecting a DVI-to-VGA adapter to the DVI-to-ADC adapter? I've got plenty of DVI-to-VGA adapters floating around, but they're all designed to allow a DVI card to connect to a VGA monitor. The only VGA to DVI

ADC Monitor Question

2009-02-18 Thread Eric Volker
I have a friend with a 23 Apple Cinema Display, with a curious problem. Apparently the USB controller in the monitor occasionally hiccups and hoses USB on his whole PowerMac. Due to this issue, he's willing to part with it. Now my G5 has a DVI card, but I have the old Nvidia 5200 ADC card