[CUBE] Cube + Apple 20" LCD? - warning! you need an upgraded video card in the cube.

Joost van de Griek jvdg at jvdg.com
Thu Aug 5 14:58:27 PDT 2004


On 2004-08-05 23:54, Hal wrote:

>>> The standard Rage 128 card won't drive the 20" which sounds strange as I'm
>>> running a 22" Cinema display on mine but the 20" display has more/too many
>>> pixels and needs more video RAM. I think it cost about $80 for an MX2 card.
>> 
>> The BTO Radeon will not drive the 20" display too!
>
> I have a Radeon 7500, so I should be OK, I think.

No, it won't be OK. It's not a question of VRAM, but the resolution of the
20" LCD is alien to the older Radeon cards. They simply lack the firmware to
switch to the correct resolution.

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