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<H1>XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO</H1>
 <h2>Eric S. Raymond &lt;esr@thyrsus.com&gt;</h2>Version 3.0, 8 Aug 1997
<p><hr><em>How to compose a mode line for your card/monitor combination under XFree86.
The XFree86 distribution now includes good facilities for configuring most
standard combinations; this document is mainly useful if you are tuning a
custom mode line for a high-performance monitor or very unusual hardware.
It may also help you in using xvidtune to tweak a standard mode that is
not quite right for your monitor.</em><hr></p>
<H3>1. <A HREF="VideoModes1.html#1">Disclaimer</A></H3>
<H3>2. <A HREF="VideoModes2.html#2">Introduction</A></H3>
<H3>3. <A HREF="VideoModes3.html#3">How Video Displays Work</A></H3>
<H3>4. <A HREF="VideoModes4.html#4">Basic Things to Know about your Display and Adapter</A></H3>
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<DD>4.1. <A HREF="VideoModes4.html#5">The monitor's video bandwidth:</A></DD>
<DD>4.2. <A HREF="VideoModes4.html#6">What these control:</A></DD>
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<H3>5. <A HREF="VideoModes5.html#7">Interpreting the Basic Specifications</A></H3>
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<DD>5.1. <A HREF="VideoModes5.html#8">About Bandwidth:</A></DD>
<DD>5.2. <A HREF="VideoModes5.html#9">Sync Frequencies and the Refresh Rate:</A></DD>
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<H3>6. <A HREF="VideoModes6.html#10">Tradeoffs in Configuring your System</A></H3>
<H3>7. <A HREF="VideoModes7.html#11">Memory Requirements</A></H3>
<H3>8. <A HREF="VideoModes8.html#12">Computing Frame Sizes</A></H3>
<H3>9. <A HREF="VideoModes9.html#13">Black Magic and Sync Pulses</A></H3>
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<DD>9.1. <A HREF="VideoModes9.html#14">Horizontal Sync:</A></DD>
<DD>9.2. <A HREF="VideoModes9.html#15">Vertical Sync:</A></DD>
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<H3>10. <A HREF="VideoModes10.html#16">Putting it All Together</A></H3>
<H3>11. <A HREF="VideoModes11.html#17">Overdriving Your Monitor</A></H3>
<H3>12. <A HREF="VideoModes12.html#18">Using Interlaced Modes</A></H3>
<H3>13. <A HREF="VideoModes13.html#19">Questions and Answers</A></H3>
<H3>14. <A HREF="VideoModes14.html#20">Fixing Problems with the Image.</A></H3>
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<DD>14.1. <A HREF="VideoModes14.html#21">The image is displaced to the left or right</A></DD>
<DD>14.2. <A HREF="VideoModes14.html#22">The image is displaced up or down</A></DD>
<DD>14.3. <A HREF="VideoModes14.html#23">The image is too large both horizontally and vertically</A></DD>
<DD>14.4. <A HREF="VideoModes14.html#24">The image is too wide (too narrow) horizontally</A></DD>
<DD>14.5. <A HREF="VideoModes14.html#25">The image is too deep (too shallow) vertically</A></DD>
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<H3>15. <A HREF="VideoModes15.html#26">Plotting Monitor Capabilities</A></H3>
<H3>16. <A HREF="VideoModes16.html#27">Credits</A></H3>
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