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Connecting an external VGA CRT Monitor to MB
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Sep 8, 2007, 12:22 PM
 
HI,
I have a Viewsonic 22 inch CRT monitor (VGA) with refresh rate 96 Hz at 1600x1200 resolution, connected to my PowerMac G5.
Is it possible to obtain the same refresh rate when I connect this monitor to a MacBook?
TIA
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Sep 8, 2007, 03:04 PM
 
My math says the RAMDAC that comes with GMA950 should be able to do 1600x1200 at 123Hz, so it should be fine at 96.
     
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Sep 8, 2007, 03:17 PM
 
My experience prior to getting this lovely 22" Samsung widescreen LCD was that my Macbook drove a similarly sized CRT at those resolutions and MHz just fine. The widescreen internal display has spoiled me though, so I rarely did it because the standard dimensions didn't "look right".

Displayed fine, just wasn't appealing.
     
   
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