Reply 20 of 25, by idspispopd
wrote:Bottom line: The smaller 4:3 monitor is closer to period correct hardware and looks better all around but a good quality cable doesn't hurt and may help. There is a difference between cards, some are better than others but even my worst one looked better with the heavy cable with the large monitor.
Might be easiest to just get a DVI video card and be done with it but it's fun to use the original cards and I've had limited success getting a card with DVI working on my Socket7 VIA boards, they are difficult to make stable.
That 17" is 5:4. Still better than 16:9. Does it keep the aspect ratio, ie. are there black bars at the bottom and top for 4:3 resolutions? For 4:3 you would need a 15".
Agree with the suggestion from tgod regarding a calibration picture. This is what I always do when I have to use a TFT with VGA, I also show this to all colleagues who still use a VGA connection. Still, I did notice some progress with TFTs, the newer ones (my experience is with Dell monitors) do a better job locking on the image, even without a calibration picture.
Regarding a DVI video card: What cards did you try? I had no problems using a GF2MX card in a SS7 ALi board.