Re: Selecting correct Hz for new monitor

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

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:50:36 GMT

"Sam Goldwasser" <sam@saul.cis.upenn.edu> wrote in message
news:6wsm8ezpfd.fsf@saul.cis.upenn.edu...
> "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.
>

Well IMO if the monitor blows up from setting the refresh too high then it's
not worth having in the first place. Decent 17" monitors are a dime a dozen,
took me a month to get $20 for one.

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