video card for 2560x1440

[Lonni J Friedman]

Anything you see on NVIDIA's website assumes that you're using their
driver, and not whatever shipped with the OS.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Vu Pham <vu at sivell.com> wrote:
> Thanks Lonni.
>
> I looked up this link
> http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-630/specifications
>
> that says the GT630 supports 2560x1600. I thought it would cover 2560x1440.
>
> I will check the log when I get home.
>
> Thanks,
> Vu
>
>
> On 11/17/2014 10:56 AM, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>
>> 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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