ATI mach64 resolution?
Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
Thu Jan 13 17:33:24 UTC 2005
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 11:22, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 11:13 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> > Shouldn't an ATI Rage Pro with 4 Megs on board be able to do 1280x768
> > resolution? The highest I can get the display setup GUI to offer
> > is 1152x864 which seems like an odd setting?
> >
>
> Normal screen resolutions have a 4:3 proportion. 1152x864 is a normal
> resolution, just like 800x600 and 640x480. All of those are 4:3.
>
> The resolution you suggest (1280x768) is a wide-screen resolution with
> 5:3 proportions. I've never seen a display with those proportions, but
> if you actually have a screen that will display such a resolution then
> yes, a 4MB display should be able to drive that resolution with at least
> 16-bit color.
Sorry, the resolution I meant to say was 1280x1024, which I thought the
box would do under windows.
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Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
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