Will Old comp work with 22 Flat Panel?

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entropy357

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A co-worker has an old Dell Dimension 2400 with intergrated video (Intel 3D Extreme Graphics).

Would he be able to get away with running a 22 Inch flat panel monitor with this? If not...

The only option for video is via the PCI slot (*NOT* PCI Express).

Should he look to get a PCI video card with a 22" flat panel monitor, or just start saving for a new computer?
 
It doesn't take that much to run a monitor in 2D--as long as you have enough memory for the frame buffer. 1600 * 1200 * 32bits (4 bytes) = 7,680,000 or about 8MB of memory. As long as the video has that much memory, it'll be OK. You could also check the specification of the card to make sure it supports the resolution.

Link to specs:
http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/eg1/index.htm


DirectShow*/DirectVA*
Hardware motion compensation support for DVD playback
4x2 overlay filter
350 MHz DAC frequency
Maximum DVO pixel rate of up to 330MP/s
Flat panel monitors and TV-out support via AGP Digital Display (ADD) cards
350 MHz DAC for 1800x1440 @ 85Hz max CRT resolution or 2048x1536@60Hz max FP resolution
Synchronous display for dual monitor capabilities
350MHz RAMDAC for up to QXGA analog monitor support
Dual DVO ports for up to QXGA digital display support
Multiple display types (LVDS, DVI, TV-out, CRT)

He should be fine.
 
My wifes old laptop had s3 integrated from 2001 and ran my 22" monitor just fine in 2d.
 
It should work. However, it's hard to tell if it can be run at it's native resolution. Many computers/videocards that came out before widescreens became popular might not support widescreen resolutions.

Of course, this is assuming that the 22" in question is a widescreen monitor.
 
just set up an old computer to my 24" Dell running 1920x1200 off a TNT2 card with no issues.
 
my work pc (which i am on now) has a p4 2.8 ghz w/ stock video and wont display 1440x 900 on a lcd we just purchased to tidy the desk... so i went to walmart got a cheap geforce fx550 for $25 and it fixed this problem... so if you run into this problem there is a cheap solution its a pci card that does the job it was bought for. doubt it would run any games but if your not gaming then :)
 
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