On 04/01/2011 06:44 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: > On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 17:38 +0100, Andrew Haley wrote: >> On 04/01/2011 05:16 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: >> >>> e) Upgrade to 1 30 inch monitor, like the Dell U3011. [2]560x1600, cost >>> $1300) >> >> That's what I do. Good for photo editing too. >> >> Whatever you choose, make sure it's an IPS monitor. > > OK. > >>> How does one find out the pixel limit of a video card ? >> >> The DVI interface maxes out at 2098 × 1311. To do better than that, >> i.e. to drive the Big Dell, you need a "dual link DVI" video card. > > I had no idea about that. Thanks for sharing. How does this limitation > come about ?
It's the DVI clock speed, which is limited to a maximum pixel clock frequency of 165 MHz. This works out at 2.75 megapixels at 60 Hz. > My current machine has a HDMI port and a VGA port... You can get dual link HDMI. It all gets a bit complicated because HDMI 1.3 allows 340 MHz, so in theory a single HDMI link should be able to drive that Big Dell -- but I wouldn't bet the farm on it unless I'd made very sure that both ends support such a high clock speed. The Dell web page doesn't say. Andrew. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
