video card for 2560x1440

[Lonni J Friedman]

I have no clue about Radeons, but i'm pretty sure the GT630 can't do
2560x1440.  See the X log for specifics on what might be going on.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Vu Pham <vu at sivell.com> wrote:
> The old video card uses the NVidia GT630, and the new one has Radeon 6450. I
> uses the stock drivers with Fedora 17 with Gnome.
>
> This desktop multi-boots Windows 7 and Fedora. The problem happens in both
> platforms at 2560x1440 with both video cards. All work well at 1920x1080.
>
> Thanks,
> Vu
>
>
> On 11/17/2014 10:46 AM, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>
>> Specifically what kind of video card are you using and which X driver?
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Vu Pham <vu at sivell.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I just got a 2560x1440 monitor. It works fine with my notebook, in the
>>> meaning that the texts/pictures are clear and easy to read at the
>>> resolution
>>> 2560x1440.
>>> When I tried my desktop with that monitor, its video card ( some cheap
>>> video
>>> card ) supports that resolution, but the screen quality is very bad.
>>> Thinking that the card might be too old, I ordered a new ( but still
>>> cheap )
>>> video card that also supports that resolution, and I still have the same
>>> problem. This happens with both HDMI and DVI connectors on both video
>>> cards.
>>>
>>> So what criteria should the video card need to have to support a good
>>> qualty
>>> 2560x1440 ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Vu
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