It helps to get really short cables (3ft or less) between the box and the CPUs. This is one of those cases where gold contacts seem to help as well.
Rule of thumb - it also helps if xres * yres * refresh rate is under 50 million unless you've got a really high end switch. --- Joris Lambrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bummer, maybe my previous soundcard was really bad and i was > too impressed > :) > > I'm experiencing the same thing here with ATi based video > cards, once they > are attached to a KVM the pictur quality gets ugly. According > to the > manufacturer this should not happen and so on ... nothing you > can do about > it if the combination don't mix. Good to hear it might be > videocard based. > > Greets, > > Joris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brandon High [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: dinsdag 10 april 2001 17:41 > To: Joris Lambrecht > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: TNT2 and Potato XF86 3.3 > > > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > > Moreover, it's well supported in X and support nice refresh > rates at any > > resolution, my brand new monitor still can't beat this card. > i'm getting > all > > melancholic here but man take a look at the picture quality > of the G200 > > compared to a TnT2 (muddy colors) > > I have two machines here, one with a TNT2 and one with a G200. > Both are > connected to a KVM switch with the same type of video cables. > > The TNT2 has a much, much sharper display at 1280x1024 @ 85Hz. > A co-worker > upgraded his machine to a GeForce2, and gave me the TNT2. It's > the same > model as what's in my other machine. I see no reason why the > new card would > perform differently. > > I've been a fan of Matrox for 2D ever since the Millenium. (In > fact, there's > one of those in another machine here...) I was amazed at the > relatively poor > image quality the G200 provides. > > -B > > -- > Brandon High > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I love defenseless animals, especially in a good gravy. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
