Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-17 Thread Brian Guralnick
What's wrong with me today - Matrox is here: http://www.matrox.com/mga/archive_story/jul2002/parhelia_reeftech.cfm * Tracking #: C9C447FEC5B96E47BAC09A4B698BFFA3A4164B8E * ***

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-17 Thread Brian Guralnick
-- Original Message - From: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!) > That card looks impressive. The person who wrote t

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-17 Thread Tony Karavidas

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-17 Thread Brian Guralnick
> Do you know how the 200 NVS differs from the 550XGL card (both are > Quadro4-based). There is no good (detailed) info on these cards > capabilities - in particular the options for driving mix-and-match LCD+CRT, > CRT+CRT, LCD+LCD is not well defined. I think the 550XGL is clear enough > that i

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-15 Thread Jon Elson
mariusrf wrote: > I'm using 2 17" LCD's at 1280x1024 each, with a dual head card. I wouldn't > go back to a CRT . 17" LCd's can be had for little money now, paid $1000 for > both months ago. All things considered, the 2 lcd's give me more viewing > area for the money, more resolution , take less

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-15 Thread Brian Guralnick
> BTW the Mitsubishi 2040u is EOL'ed. The new one is 2060u. Any > comments? This will cost me about $1900AUD - or about $1060USD on current > exchange rates. How does that compare to street pricing in nth America? The 2060u specs are almost identical to the 2040u. Probably just firmware

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-15 Thread Brian Guralnick
. (Ian's question next, reply...) Brian Guralnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice (514) 624-4003 Fax (514) 624-3631 - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] H

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-15 Thread rlamoreaux
And why is it that the STUPID 17 inch outdoor LCD screen at my local Wendy's Drive thru has better contrast and color than the indoor desktop LCD screens? Even when the temperature is -20 outside? (Though, the pixel transition speed around scrolling text begins to suffer dramatically.) Your W

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-14 Thread Ian Wilson
On 01:10 PM 13/07/2002 -0400, Brian Guralnick said: >Step #1, video card: > > If you want dual head, & you want a perfect match, you will need to > chose a video card where both video outputs are the same. >If you have a digital flat panel interface, make sure both outputs are >digital. Nev

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-13 Thread Brian Guralnick
al Message - From: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!) > Careful, Brian might call your LCDs junk as he did mine a few mon

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-13 Thread Tony Karavidas
x27;t care. The limited Photoshop and Illustrator work I do doesn't require very accurate color. TOny > -Original Message- > From: mariusrf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 4:17 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Hardware

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-13 Thread mariusrf
tion , take less desk space and are sharper than crt's for the same resolution . Matt Tudor, MSEE http://www.gigahertzelectronics.com - Original Message - From: "Brian Guralnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturda

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-13 Thread Dennis Saputelli
i will defer to Brian G on this except to comment that the G550 has one VGA output and one DVI output so assuming both monitors are analog the DVI output will need the crappy convertor dongle and yes that does fuzz it up a bit also as per Brian, the following is a GOOD THING: when installing the

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-13 Thread Brian Guralnick
only realistic LCD solution: http://www.cadalyst.com/reviews/hardware/0402lcd/dell.htm Good luck... Brian Guralnick - Original Message - From: "Ian Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-13 Thread Brian Guralnick
tors coming up in the next letter... Brian Guralnick - Original Message - From: "Ian Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 8:05 AM Subject: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade

Re: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-13 Thread Fred A Rupinski
-- From: "Ian Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 8:05 AM Subject: [PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!) > Hello all, > > 2) Monitors - I need sharp sharp sharp -

[PEDA] Hardware questions (upgrade time - yuk!)

2002-07-13 Thread Ian Wilson
Hello all, I am looking for specific experiences on certain bits of hardware - throw in you usual suggestions if you like but I am really interested in these questions: 1) Dennis S. and others - did you ever sort out the Matrox G550 issue you had? I know the G550 has pretty poor 3D performan