Re: [SLE] Re: Re: 9.0 and nVidia

From: Art Fore (afore_at_sonic.net)
Date: 10/31/03

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    Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 04:32:51 -0800
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com

    John Pettigrew wrote:

    >In a previous message, "Art Fore" <afore@sonic.net> wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>John Pettigrew wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>If you drive an LCD at over its physical resolution, you lose clarity.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>It is like comparing the same 8X10 photograph printed on a 300 dpi laser
    >>printer verssus printed on a 1200 dpi laserprinter.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >No it isn't - if the LCD only has (say) 1280x1024 physical resolution, driving
    >at a higher resolution will actually reduce the clarity and precision of the
    >display, not increase it. It's the disadvantage of LCDs compared with CRTs -
    >they don't work well at arbitrary resolutions.
    >
    >John
    >
    >
    I was comparing a 1024X768 resolution screen with a 1920X1600 screen (or
    it could be 1600X1200) and having the text and window displays sized so
    the are about the same between the two. If you take the 1920X1600
    display and drive it with 1024Xww768, as when SuSE was first installed
    using frame bufferes before the nvidia drivers are installed, what you
    say is correct and the lcd actually is not used on a about an inch on
    both sides due to the aspect ratio.

    Art

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