I have four desktop PCs at home, they were built/upgraded myself. For PC it
is quite simple, if you don't demand ultra high speed a 2.5-3GHz Core 2 duo
or AMD AM2 X2 dual core should be good enough. I like Core 2 Duo for the
lower power consumption and AMD Low voltage 45W one for the same reason. The
AMD will be cheaper but a little slower than a Core 2 Duo of the same speed.
I recommend a separate display card from either ATI or Nvidia, some AMD
system will have ATI display card built-in, they are ok for many non
demanding purpose from photo editing to moive viewing. I don't like the PC
with built-in Intel graphic card, their driver are too simple (with little
control/adjustment). In any cases you need a PC with DVI or HDMI output. All
display card today support image rotation.
For monitor, if you can't afford a EIZO, I prefer Samsung. RGB adjustment is
easy to implement, I had a six years old 15" Topcon that has this feature
but without an external calibrator it could be confusing. My EIZO has both
RGB and gamma adjustment, the gamma value is very accurate even after five
years of use.
C.H.Ling
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From: "khen lim"
Hi all
Big question for all of you - especially the budget experts:
I'm looking to get a desktop PC and a 19-to-23" TFT panel for post-editing
work
There're two ways any of you can help me out here. If you know of a
particular PC brand and model you can recommend, I'll take that advice
onboard. On the other hand if you prefer, let me know what you think I
should look for spec-wise, what to avoid, what to particularly focus on.
As for TFT monitors, I'm confining my range to between 19" and 23". No
Eizo's or Apple's - way too costly for me over here. Can't get my hands on
Sony's either for some strange reason. So I'm limited to Samsung, LG, HP,
Dell, Lenovo, Viewsonic, Acer, Benq etc.
I've been looking around online and it gets increasingly confusing. It's
difficult to make any direct comparisons from one make/model to another.
While most if not all manufacturers seem convinced that the larger the
contrast ratio, the better but someone on this List quite a while ago
mentioned that, that's not exactly true.
Then there's the issue of whether it's a good idea to be able to
individually and separately adjusting the R, G and B colours as part of the
menu controls. Almost every website doesn't provide any such information. Is
this because this manner of control isn't possible at all or just that
manufacturers are slack in the info department?
I also read that Lenovo offers very affordable monitors that can pivot so
you can have landscape and portraiture viewing format, which is great.
However it also says that the PC's graphic card must be capable of taking
advantage of this feature. If this is true, do today's standard graphic
cards all support this pivoting feature?
Thanks
K.
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