XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO

2. Introduction

3. How Video Displays Work

4. Basic Things to Know about your Display and Adapter

4.1. The monitor's video bandwidth:

4.2. What these control:

5. Interpreting the Basic Specifications

5.1. About Bandwidth:

5.2. Sync Frequencies and the Refresh Rate:

6. Tradeoffs in Configuring your System

7. Memory Requirements

8. Computing Frame Sizes

9. Black Magic and Sync Pulses

9.1. Horizontal Sync:

9.2. Vertical Sync:

10. Putting it All Together

11. Overdriving Your Monitor

12. Using Interlaced Modes

13. Questions and Answers

14. Fixing Problems with the Image.

14.1. The image is displaced to the left or right

14.2. The image is displaced up or down

14.3. The image is too large both horizontally and vertically

14.4. The image is too wide (too narrow) horizontally

14.5. The image is too deep (too shallow) vertically

15. Plotting Monitor Capabilities