Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: notbob Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: Acer LCD flat screen Date: 22 May 2012 19:08:09 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net BqXr3P+1uG167B3GPxJn2A2zpQL8bEmvCeJSwE8W8Oncw04C2AioFZWCtkxz5mxiE1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:21wxbQwrBYMfHf8vxr5FMBAEbwc= User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:5401 comp.os.linux.hardware:1248 On 2012-05-22, J G Miller wrote: > On Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 at 14:03:41h +0000, NoT BoB wrote: > >> Turns out it's an Acer S230HL and the card/chip is a: >> NV5M64 RIVA TNT2 MODEL 64 / MODEL 64 PRO > > The Riva TNT2 only has VGA output and the maximum resolution > appears to be (from a cursory web search) 1280 x 1024. > > Your nice new shiny monitor should support this resolution > (because it is a standard one) but the quality of the picture > is not going to be optimal because it is not the native > 1920x1080 resolution and the connection will be VGA (analog) > not DVI (digital). One step at a time. The spec sheet shows it has a vga connector, so I'll get the monitor first. Then, probly ugrade whole m/b or box, if I can find one free/cheap. Like my slack box, I'm old and outdated! Besides, I can't see fer dammit and 23" at any res will be a step up. ;) Thanks for all the replies and info, gang. AOLS is still the best. nb