[rambo47]

Oh, baby! This is sweeeet! I bought the 22" Cinema Display at the Apple Store in Short Hills this afternoon. I'm using a Dr. Bott DVIator to solve the DVI-ADC quandry, although Apple makes a cheaper one themselves now. I hooked the DVIator up, plugged in the new Cinema, and she powered up like they were meant to be together. I had upgraded the video card long ago to the Radeon PCI 32 MB model, and I have a Sonnet Encore G4 500 MHz processor upgrade or else I wouldn't have tried the Cinema Display.

I don't plan to upgrade my machine until Apple releases either the G5 or new dual system with an improved FSB and true DDR RAM. But then this monster display stays with me. I'm like a kid who has been locked in a candy store after closing, positively giddy! The way I see it, the monitor is your window into your computer and the internet. It's the one peripheral you should splurge on, and if you don't treat yourself right, who will?

<small>[ 06-23-2002, 05:43 PM: Message edited by: rambo47 ]</small>

[Roxie]

I know what you mean. Mine's only about a month old and god does she sing to me. It's a lot of money, but well worth it in my opinion. New dual here, too. Quake3 looks a little washed out, (Resolution limitation of an LCD) but other games seem to look fine.

[Mac Zealot]

Lovin' my cinema display :-D

I actually like quake 3.. but here's how to fix your resolution thing:

open the console by pressing ~, then type
/r_mode -1
/r_customheight 1024
/r_customwidth 1600
/vid_restart

and if you want 32 bit color:
/r_colorbits 32

(I believe that's what it is!)

Works in all q3 based games, use it in Q3A, and RtCW :-D

enjoy!

[Roxie]

Thanks for the tip on Quake, but the first command "/r_mode -1" isn't recognized. The others seem to work, but I see no difference. My problem is I am used to very high resolution and all the detail maxed out on a not so old 19" monitor. I love the look of this game.

Would you happen to know what's involved in setting up a Quake server. I have an old G4-450 sawtooth with Quake3 gold on OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.1.4 on another partition. Cable modem with a four port hub (only one downlink port free and a graphite airport base station.

I would love to set it up with "space only" games in a simple Death Match only situation and be able to activate low gravity from time to time.

Off the topic I know, but I know nothing about servers.

Rox

[(s)macintosh]

Sheesh, I went from a 15" LCD to 17" LCD and it's like using a billboard. I can't imagine the 22" Cinema display.

[tramahound]

man, now you got me trying to figure out any way i can possibly get my hands on a cinema display! i'm hoping they surprise everybody at mwny and reduce the 22 inch version to "only" $1500 or something. maybe then i can kind of afford it...not likely though. maybe i'll just go get two 17 inchers and hook em up in expanded desktop mode.
well, congratulations, enjoy it. it looks awesome

[cube-dude]

Topic: monitors
Forum: Peripherals

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