Until I install the monitor .inf file for my monitor, I can not refresh
above 85 hz. If I install the correct .inf file, I can set refresh to 120
hz.
Set your computer up properly with "all" that it needs!
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Regards:
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"DS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just got a "powered by ati" radeon 9200 dual head PCI video card. I have a
> Dell 20" CRT hooked up to the VGA, and an Acer 17" hooked up via a
> DVI->VGA
> converter.
>
> The Dell definately can run at 1280x1024 @ 85hz (I used to on my old ATI
> AIW
> card). The new video card being 6 years newer than my old ATI and having
> 8x
> the memory (and considerably more processing power) should definately be
> able to support the higher refresh too.
>
> The problem is that under the 'montior' tab (after clicking on 'advanced'
> in
> 'display properties' with the correct display selected), nothing happens
> above 75hz. I have the option for a maximum of 85hz, but when I click on
> it
> and hit apply, the screen blacks for a split second (but the monitor
> doesn't
> make the click sound), and windows thinks/says its running at 85hz, but
> the
> monitor and my eyes say its still 75hz.
>
> I'm thinking that there must be something in the registry preventing this
> from happening since before it detected the monitor by plug-n-pray it gave
> me the option of a dozen refresh modes and if I selected any of them,
> windows would think its running at the new refresh but the screen would
> run
> at 60hz still. This seems to imply that something beyond the hardware or
> 'display properties' is at work. This is a new computer, but strangely I
> had
> similar problems with my past machine and only after hours of tinkering
> did
> I ever get it resolved (ATI was of no help). The latest drivers also do
> nothing.
>
> My eyes thank you...
>
>
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