ASUS TSUI-M motherboard (SiS630ET 3C Integration Single Chip) video resolution

[T. T.]

Hi all:

I am thinking of buying a Niko-1906W 19" Widescreen 5ms TFT LCD
Monitor, which I think the native resolution is 1440 x 900. I wonder if
my old PC (with ASUS TUSI-M motherboard, with SiS630ET chip and Celeron
1.3G CPU and integrated video) could run this resolution of not. As
there is NO AGP slot or PCI-e slot on this motherboard, either I could
only stick with the integrated video chip or I will need a PCI video
card, which I don't think is a good idea. Any idea whether this mobo
(with the integrated video) could run this resolution, with maybe 16
bit colors maybe?? The shared video memory could allocate up to 64MB I
think..

Thanks!

 

[Paul]

Hi all:

I am thinking of buying a Niko-1906W 19" Widescreen 5ms TFT LCD
Monitor, which I think the native resolution is 1440 x 900. I wonder if
my old PC (with ASUS TUSI-M motherboard, with SiS630ET chip and Celeron
1.3G CPU and integrated video) could run this resolution of not. As
there is NO AGP slot or PCI-e slot on this motherboard, either I could
only stick with the integrated video chip or I will need a PCI video
card, which I don't think is a good idea. Any idea whether this mobo
(with the integrated video) could run this resolution, with maybe 16
bit colors maybe?? The shared video memory could allocate up to 64MB I
think..

Thanks!

According to the info in the top item of this page:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040125...P/products/newproducts/sbc/rocky3705_3703.htm

"Display:

Integrated in SiS630ET Chipset
Bus:AGP 66MHz
V RAM: Share with system memory up to 64MB RAM
Resolution: 1600 x 1200 (16 bit colors)"

So at 16 bit color, the display can do up to 1600x1200.

The problem is, 1440x900 is not a standard resolution.
For Nvidia and ATI video cards, there can be options for
setting the resolution. Powerstrip from Entechtaiwan.com is
another option for forcing a resolution setting. The question
I cannot answer, is whether the SIS630ET has the hardware
support to do it. In theory, video outputs have had programmable
registers for years, that support any custom settings you
could desire. But some piece of software has to know where
the registers are, and I'm not sure if there are standards
defining that or not.

The answer here suggests setting a custom resolution on
your SIS display will not be easy:

http://forums.entechtaiwan.net/viewtopic.php?t=24

You might consider picking up a video card with a PCI
connector on it. There are still cards like that for
sale, and some very nice cards have been released.

There are several FX5200 PCI cards in this list, as well
as an ATI X1300. I expect they meet the requirements listed
in the Powerstrip FAQ. It is also possible that the software
that comes with the Nvidia card, may allow setting the
resolution directly. At least with Powerstrip, you know
you can work with either the FX5200 or the X1300.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...09642&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=

Will the TUSI-M like a modern PCI video card ? That is
a question I cannot answer with any certainty. Older
motherboards do have their quirks, mainly caused by the
BIOS that ship with them.

Paul