Can I take advantage of a new video card to reduce the flicker I
see in X Windows, or is this strictly a function of the monitor?
I copied the modelines from my old machine to my new machine and they
work fine, but I'm wondering if I can do better.
My new machine has an agp ATI Xpert98 (mach64) video card, as opposed to
the (vlb?) Mach32 (Graphics ultra pro or something like this) card on my old
486. Same old "Enhanced VGA" monitor though. I have no docs on the monitor.
Any pointers to rtfm on the meaning of things like "hsync" and "vsync" and
"dot clock" also appreciated.
Here's the relevant stuff from /etc/XF86Config:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Primary Monitor"
VendorName "Magnavox" # I typed this in
ModelName "CM2015D1" # I typed this in
HorizSync 31.5 - 53
VertRefresh 50-90
Modeline "1024x768c" 65.0 1024 1036 1180 1304 768 771 777 802 -hsync
-vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "ATI Xpert 98"
Chipset "mach64"
VideoRam 8192
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768c"
EndSubSection
EndSection
-chris
