video card for 2560x1440

[Vu Pham]

Thanks again. I will try the driver from NVIDIA then.

Vu
On 11/17/2014 11:07 AM, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> 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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