[rescue] 1600SW and refresh rates

Thomas Gallaway tgallaway at comcast.net
Mon Jun 16 11:53:48 CDT 2003


On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 01:52 AM, Kevin wrote:

> This might be a silly question but is 1600x1024 @ 60Hz as
> displayed on a flat screen (SGI 1600SW) roughly the same
> quality as 1600x1024 @ 60Hz on a normal CRT?
>
> A refresh rate of 60Hz pretty much sucks on a CRT.  Does the
> same apply with flat screens?

Does not matter at flat screens. They dont flicker like a CRT so
you got a steady picture.

> Second question, will the 1600SW work on an Octane with an
> adapter

I am pretty sure they will.



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