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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Polecat on November 21, 2002, 12:30:23 pm

Title: Fixed frequency video cards
Post by: Polecat on November 21, 2002, 12:30:23 pm
I have a 19" IBM 6091, a fixed frequency monitor that I want to use in my cabinet project (making a cocktail cabinet to house an emulator).

I've already found this site http://www.si87.com/Products/Videocards/saturngl.html (http://www.si87.com/Products/Videocards/saturngl.html), but they're rather pricey.  

Does anyone else know of any others?
Title: Re:Fixed frequency video cards
Post by: tom61 on November 21, 2002, 03:40:56 pm
Do you know what frequencies it needs? Alot of modern run-of-the-mill cards can be put to specific frequencies with their drivers or via utils like powerstrip.
Title: Re:Fixed frequency video cards
Post by: Polecat on November 21, 2002, 03:52:13 pm
It's a 60/67/77hz with a max resolution of 1280x1024.  With the video card I have, DOS mode is unusable.

Tonight I was going to play with it and another monitor to see how it fairs under Windows.

What are the utils you're talking about?
Title: Re:Fixed frequency video cards
Post by: Dave_K. on November 21, 2002, 04:26:37 pm
It's a 60/67/77hz with a max resolution of 1280x1024.  With the video card I have, DOS mode is unusable.

hz?  Are you sure you didn't post the refresh rate and not the sync rate (which should be in khz)?  You should really know both.
Title: Re:Fixed frequency video cards
Post by: Polecat on November 21, 2002, 05:03:08 pm
It's listed as "H Freq/V Freq: 63.36/81.32 kHz / 60/67/77 Hz"

Is the H Freq the same as the sync rate?  In the spec list for it, that's the only stat listed in kilohertz.
Title: Re:Fixed frequency video cards
Post by: Polecat on November 21, 2002, 08:26:43 pm
I found PowerStrip and I'm going to play with that and see what happens.
Title: Re:Fixed frequency video cards
Post by: Polecat on November 22, 2002, 11:02:27 am
Thanks!  PowerStrip worked wonderfully!