Tue Mar 26 04:58:27 2002

before: one 700nf (17", in case you can't figure it out) @1280x960@90hz.

now: 700nf, 1440x1080@85hz (i finally reinstalled powerstrip)... AND sun 20e20 (for the tards in the audience: 20" ) at 1152x864@85hz.

now, it's not perfect - the sun is nice and blue, which is really making the greenness of the 700nf stand out (though it comes and goes, tmorrow it might be perfect). and the 20" trinitron isn't flat horizontally, only vertically... and it doesn't do particularly good resolutions (it's maxed out now... i can't do better than 84hz@1280x960, so fuck it)... but hey :)

best part is that unlike the last time i did this, I CAN STILL GAME! serious sam 2 works fine :D

and i'm working on a deal for a lacie electron 19blue (first gen, i think)... then i'll be able to move the 700nf to secondary duty, and the 20e20 to... ah, i'll figure something out.

:D :D :D

btw, i've currently got the 20" dedicated to irc and winamp.

(Edited by pauli at 11:59 pm on Mar. 25, 2002)

Wed Mar 27 06:07:30 2002

that was supposed to be funny...

anway, you'll hate going back to single monitor setups. Dual monitors are great for doing artwork and other stuff like view porn on the internet with one monitor and watching a porn divx file on the other monitor.

Oh the kittens me has killed in my short life...

:eek:

Wed Mar 27 20:43:55 2002

though i'll have to decide if i want both monitors running at approximately the same dot pitch... if i keep the 17" at 1280x960, then the 19" would have to be at 1440x1080... or i could step up to 1440x1080 and 1600x1200, but 1440 looks slightly small on a 17. hmm hmm hmm.

but enough counting of unhatched chicken tenders.

/me goes back to waiting, and hoping the seller is available tomorrow night.

Wed Mar 27 20:45:04 2002

Wed Mar 27 21:34:27 2002

from pauli posted at 10:58 pm on Mar. 25, 2002

one 700nf (17", in case you can't figure it out) @1280x960@90hz.

sun 20e20 (for the tards in the audience: 20" ) at 1152x864@85hz.

Wed Mar 27 21:38:33 2002

OK, that makes me a tard, I suppose, but how do you figure it out?

Tards.com, also known as Google. :-)

Wed Mar 27 21:48:47 2002

Wed Mar 27 21:51:37 2002

:)

the guy is going to bring over the lacie tonight!! i should go to the bank so i have cash...

you know, once i get a gf4, i'll need a bigger desk. then i can use the v3 again, and get all three monitors hooked up at once :D

a big enough desk, and i could add another video card, and my crappy magnavox 17"...

it would be interesting: the good monitors in properly matching resolutions, and then the crappy ones (sun and magnavox) could also be matched, since 1152x864 on 18" viewable is the same size as 1024x768 on 16" viewable, which is the max the magnavox can do...

man would my mom be pissed off at me having four monitors on one machine though :D

Wed Mar 27 22:15:44 2002

Please pardon me for not knowing Windows' multi-monitor capabilities; I've never personally used them.

Wed Mar 27 22:17:19 2002

Observe: :biggrin:

There's also ;evilgrin; or :evilgrin:, which I like a great deal.

Just in case you didn't know.

(Edited by Imitation Gruel at 2:17 pm on Mar. 27, 2002)

Wed Mar 27 22:45:39 2002

There's also ;evilgrin; or , which I like a great deal.

Indeed.  It fits your persona.

Mine is: :cheesy:

Wed Mar 27 23:04:33 2002

 Can Windows support 4 monitors with 2 different paired resolutions? I know that Matrox and Appian make 4way cards but those all have to be the same resolution to my knowledge.

i hope so! i'll find out when i try it :)

oh, and at least for matrox's latest 4way card (g450mms, i think), i don't believe they have to be the same res.

and i know about biggrin. :D is faster though :)

Thu Mar 28 03:44:06 2002

Indeed.  It fits your persona.

Yep.

Thu Mar 28 06:56:44 2002

i'm on the lacie now... and i've emailed the seller about returning it.

when i tried it out upstairs, it was fine. i get it down here, and i realize that at anything above 1280x960, it's blurry and has slight ghosting :( and it has worse bowing than my 700nf :( and there's some jitter :(

it takes a lot to make my unstable 700nf look like a better monitor. now, this thing is certainly bright... and the osd is great... but it can't fix bowing and ghosting and blurriness.

:(

Thu Mar 28 07:01:03 2002

get the mitsubishi diamondtron monitors!!! best monitors eva!!!

Thu Mar 28 07:10:01 2002

i wish local shops stocked high end monitors! very frustrating that they don't.

Thu Mar 28 14:35:57 2002

Thu Mar 28 15:07:02 2002

from pauli posted at 3:51 pm on Mar. 27, 2002

20e20

Thu Mar 28 18:11:50 2002

Seek out stray magnets. They are the bane of a pleasant monitoring experience.

true, but this problem is more or less even across the screen. and it didn't affect any of the monitors that previously sat in the exact same spot.

Thu Mar 28 19:17:37 2002

that suck!

get the mitsubishi diamondtron monitors!!! best monitors eva!!!

You have a  point OW, diamontrons are teh win, as are the Sony's, Samsungs, and Hitachi's.