Silicon Graphics 1600SW

[Jonny M]

Been looking at TFTs for a bit now, and noticed these seem to be going for fairly decent prices on eBay etc.

http://www.sgi.com/pdfs/2348.pdf

But are they actually any good? A 17" panel which does 1600x1024 sounds very good (resolution), and as it's SGI I'm assuming the picture will be excellent too.

Anyone got one?

[Gordy]

Mashie has one I think ? Try mashie.org

[Jonny M]

Cheers, looks damn nice next to his O2

[CocoPops]

They need a special card to drive em, or an adaptor connector.

They do NOT have a VGA or DVI connector unless modified.

[Jonny M]

Yer I assumed Mashie was using it with the Multilink adaptor.

[gc4170]

hi - does anyone have a multilink adapter and a power supply for the 1600sw tft display?

[Stoo]

I'm guessing a couple of them have it but they would appear to be in use

Nice thread necro btw

[DR]

I found a place selling panels for 250 inc adapter

[Zathras]

Care to tell us where?

[DR]

Once I have ordered mine

the pros of this screen

- Uber Resolution
- Uber name - SGI

Cons

- Darker than current monitors (on brightness)