Re: Selecting correct Hz for new monitor

From: Sam Goldwasser (sam_at_saul.cis.upenn.edu)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: 16 Oct 2004 10:51:50 -0400

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> writes:

> "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.

Or the monitor blows up.

Most monitors should be smart enough to shut down if an improper refresh
rate is fed to it but not all.

However, it's very likely that any modern monitor should be able to support
1024x768 at 78 Hz.

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