On 23 Aug 98 at 7:48, Marc Guise wrote:

> I'm looking to upgrade my display card and I'd like to know what
> (if any) limitations my monitor would impose on the new card ie. I
> don't want to spend money on a good card and find I can only use
> 75% of it's features because of a low-end monitor.
>
> My monitor is an Acer 33D 14", 0.28 dot, vert. freq. 50-100 Hz, up
> to 1024x768/86Hz. I'm using an old Cirrus Logic 5420 ISA with (I
> think) 512kb memory.

  Well, the limit for your monitor is right there:  1024x768/86Hz.
So the most RAM you'd have use for on a 2D card is 1024 x 768 x
4("32-bit" mode) = 2.25MB.  But because of the way video RAM is
usually organized, you'll need to get that is by buying a card
with 4MB.
  Check out Matrox; I believe their PCI "Millenium" cards come in 4MB
and 8MB configurations, and they're good solid 2D performers.  I
wouldn't think they'd have any problem supplying 86Hz.

David G