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High-End Flat Panel Display

Silicon Graphics 1600SW from sgi 

Product Picture LCD Displays consume much less real estate and power, but are still a compromise in display quality. You can typically see some fuzzy text and graphics on most displays. If you really need to buy one, this is the best bet.

Digital interface, 1600x1024 resolution, 24-bit color, 17.3 inch superwide screen, includes the ho-hum NumberNine Revolution IV AGP card.

Compatible with Mac, PC, and SGI workstations.

New version is Multilink compatible with more video standards. Also sold by Miro under the Radius brand-name.

Attributes (Minimum): Viewable Size (16"), Interface (Digital), Resolution, Refresh Rate (75 Hz), USB ports, Standards Compliance (TCO).
Alternates: Apple 22" Flat Panel Cinema Display

High-End Flat Panel Display

Apple Cinema Display from Apple Computer 

Product Picture LCD Displays consume much less real estate and power, but most are still a compromise in display quality. You can typically see some fuzzy text and graphics on most displays. If you really need to buy one, this is the best bet. This display is simply amazing, text and graphics are clear and crisp.

Digital interface, letter box format, 1600x1024 resolution, 24-bit color, 22 inch superwide screen, displays a full 11x17 tabloid image.

Newer version substitutes Apple video connector for the DVI port. Older DVI version has been hacked for use on PCs.

 

Attributes (Minimum): Viewable Size (16"), Interface (Digital), Resolution, Refresh Rate (75 Hz), USB ports, Standards Compliance (TCO).

19" monitor

Optiquest Q95 from Optiquest 

Product Picture A good monitor at a decent price. 18" viewable, flat square screen, 0.23 mm dot pitch, 1600x1280 @ 80Hz, DB-15, Plug and Play, TCO, MPR II, and adjustable color temperature. Made by Viewsonic.

Monitors are extremely subject to user preference. Be sure to check out its picture before buying.

Monitors can outlast your machine, so do not skimp. We have been using the same 20" Sony monitors on some systems for 6 years.

Attributes (Minimum): Viewable Size (16"), Dot Pitch (.28), Resolution (1280x1024), Refresh Rate (75 Hz), USB ports, Standards Compliance (TCO).
Alternates: liyama VisionMaster 450

High performance Monitor

Sony GDM-F520 from Sony Corp 

Product Picture The monitor for graphics professionals and those who want the best for their eyes. Legendary Sony Trinitron image quality now with the flattest display. 21", 19.8" viewable, 0.22mm aperture grill, 2048x1536 @ 85 Hz, 4-port USB hub, Dual video inputs (D15, BNC), Plug and Play, TCO 95, MPR II, DMI, and adjustable color temperature.

Monitors are extremely subject to user preference. Be sure to check out its picture before buying. This is probably the last CRT you will buy for your computer before entering the LCD era. Monitors outlast machines, so do not skimp. We have been using the same 20 inch Sony monitors on some systems for over 6 years.

Use the BNC connection to maximize high resolution performance. The Dell UltraScan P series monitors are close cousins to this monitor.

Attributes (Minimum): Viewable Size (16"), Dot Pitch (.28), Resolution (1280x1024), Refresh Rate (75 Hz), USB ports, Standards Compliance (TCO).
Comments: Replaces F500R.


Performance 17 Monitor

Sony CPD-G220S from Sony Corp 

Product Picture The monitor for graphics professionals and those who want the best for their eyes. You pay a premium for this type of display. Legendary Sony Trinitron image quality now with the flattest display. 16" viewable, 0.24mm aperture grill, 1600x1200 @ 60Hz, Plug and Play, TCO 99, MPR II, DMI, and adjustable color temperature.

Monitors are extremely subject to user preference. Be sure to check out its picture before buying. This is probably the last CRT you will buy for your computer before entering the LCD era. Monitors outlast machines, so do not skimp. We have been using the same 20 inch Sony monitors on some systems for over 6 years.

Attributes (Minimum): Viewable Size (16"), Dot Pitch (.28), Resolution (1280x1024), Refresh Rate (75 Hz), USB ports, Standards Compliance (TCO).

PC 2D/3D Budget Video Card

GeForce2 MX from Hercules 

Product Picture A moderately priced high-performance video card for today. Excellent 3D performance and visual quality for gaming. Good 2D general performance. Most of the cards using this chip are identical except for video out inclusion and perhaps RAM speed.

Based on nVidia 256-bit GeForce MX Chip, 32 MB of video memory, dual texture pipelines, resolution up to 2046 x 1536 pixels in 16M colors, 700 million texals per second draw rate. AGP 4X, hardware transform engine, OpenGL, and DirectX7 support. Dual monitor version available for driving 2 monitors from one card.

These cards get upgraded every 6 months, so watch for fire sales on older products. PCI version also available.

CyberLink PowerDVD software DVD playback program will help you play back Videos without a hardware decoder. It supports many DVD-ROM drives and Video Cards, and best of all -- It works! A free trial version is available for download.

Attributes (Minimum): 2D Performance, 3D Performance (300 M Pixels/sec), Chipset (Nvidia or 3dfx), Card type (AGP), AGP Speed (2x), Video RAM Size (16 MB), Driver Stability, Software Bundle.

PC 2D/3D High-Performance Video Card

Geforce3 from Elsa 

Product Picture The killer video card for today and tomorrow. Excellent 3D performance and visual quality for gaming. This card is over 50% faster at Quake3 High Quality 1600x1200 than its predecessor, the GeForce. Good 2D general performance. nVidia GeForce3 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) chipset. AGP 4x, 256-bit, 64 MB of DDR Memory, 350 Mhz RAMDAC, upto 2048 x 1536 resolution. You pay a extra to be on the cutting edge. Full OpenGL support for the Quake triology of games. Future games will fully exploit this card'ss power.

Most any vendor using this chip is fine as most cards are clones of the Nvidia reference hardware design and use the reference drivers.

This card draws a lot of power, so make sure your motherboard and power supply has enough power for it. 250 Watt or more of system power is suggested as it uses 6 amps on the 3.3V line.

Beware that these video cards get upgraded (obsoleted) every 6 months.

CyberLink PowerDVD software DVD playback program will help you play back Videos without a hardware decoder. It supports most DVD-ROM drives and Video Cards, and best of all -- It works! A free trial version is available for download.

Attributes (Minimum): 2D Performance, 3D Performance (300 M Pixels/sec), Chipset (Nvidia or 3dfx), Card type (AGP), AGP Speed (2x), Video RAM Size (16 MB), Driver Stability, Software Bundle.
Comments: GeForce2 Ultra shipped 10/2000. New GeForce3 Shipping 5/2001.