Re: Selecting correct Hz for new monitor

From: James Sweet (jamessweet_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 04:49:26 GMT

"Wizard of Ozz" <easytoremember123@email.com> wrote in message
news:fbcc7457.0410152037.4f1da73e@posting.google.com...
> I'm using Windows 98 and I just bought a new monitor, a Samsung
> SyncMaster 793s 17" screen. My old one was a Samsung Syncmaster 3 14"
> screen.
>
> When I went to change the monitor type on the Active Desktop list of
> monitors, it obviously didn't have the newer 793s, so I tried to pick
> a standardized monitor type from the list (at the top of the list it
> says "standard monitor types").
>
> I'm stuck between 2 options:
> Super VGA 1024x768
> Super VGA 1024x768 at 75 Hz
>
> How can I tell which one I should pick? Also, does it matter if I
> continue to use the monitor with the setting wrongly selected for the
> older Syncmaster 3? What does this setting change, anyhow?
>
> I should also note that the CD that came with the monitor only
> provided drivers for Win2000 and up to Win XP, but not for Win 95/98.

Look up what modes the new monitor supports and pick something close, the
selection simply changes the resolutions and refresh rates available, hiding
those not supported by a particular model. Personally I would just choose
something generic, set it to the resolution I wanted, and then bump up the
refresh rate one notch at a time until either the picture looks distorted or
the monitor shuts down, and then back it off one.

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