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Hence the last line in my signature. Which, in the middle of arguing something totally unrelated elsewhere on these forums, someone pointed out in order to make me sound stupid. I think he said something to the effect of: "It's not the 90s Hurin, get with the times."
You can now add to your sig "official monitor of Pixar, Lucas Arts and ILM"
(food for thought ey?)I got one from him a year or two ago. It had a blemish on the screen. Rather than deal with a return, they offered me a partial refund and I kept the monitor. Well, I kept it and then sold it on Craigslist to a local person who didn't mind the blemish.Mathesar and others who have ordered from "ruminahui2" via eBay: Have any of you closely inspected the screen of your monitor(s) with a flashlight, searching for scratches/dints etc.?
Most of the eBay auctions I see for used GDM-FW900s advertise the screens of the units as being in "perfect condition." I have already had one bad experience with a used CPD-G520P from eBay that looked as though it had been dragged through the street with a pickup truck.
Unfortunately, "perfect condition" seems to be subjective.
You can now add to your sig "official monitor of Pixar, Lucas Arts and ILM"
Vista 60Hz Fix. . .
I was able to add 1680x1050 at 85hz by going into registry. . . I imagine you could do the same for 1920x1200. . . but for the purposes of this thread, I'm going to write about 1680x1050 since that's what I worked with. . . because I too don't recall having trouble with 1920x1200 once I just installed the built-in FW900 driver that comes with Vista.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{GID}\0000\NV_Modes
(keep in mind that GID will vary from user to user)
You'll see something like the following:
There's a guide to understanding this gibberish here (PDF)
However, if memory serves (I went back to XP so I can no longer check my registry), I added 1680x1050 to the second group (the one that ends in =F) and I was then able to select 85Hz for a refresh rate for 1680x1050 where it was locked at 60hz before.
Finally, the FW900 driver built into Vista should allow for 85Hz for 1920x1200. Those are really the only two resolutions I prefer (1920 for games, 1680 for desktop). All the games I tried made use of the higher refresh rates.
Edit: Duh. Obviously this is for nv cards only.
Edit: Actually, trying to remember, I think I may have just added my own custom entry and refresh rate after the *S in the beginning that said: 1680x1050=1DF; which should then allow the choosing of 144, 140, 120, 85, 75, 72, 70, and 60. But, of course, only a few of those will work. Looking at the manual linked above, you might also try 1680x1050=2B if you prefer 1680x1050 to be able to run at 100Hz.
I use BNC. It's a VGA (db15) to 5-BNC cable. So I'm using one of the DVI-to-VGA/db15 adapters that came with my video card.
I have tried it already, it didnt work. Someone said u gotta run it as admin for it to work, we'll see. I think i messed up my Vista installation when i changed to 500hz usbport.sys, my mouse wont work in vista anymore and I cant rename the original file from XP damn it. I might have to reformat vista and try again.
I've been using 1920x1200@95hz just fine for a few months now. I don't run it 24/7 like that but for certain games where i can afford that resolution it works just fine. As long as you dont go over the horizontal refresh limit of 121hz you will be fine.
Just because the driver you are using limits it to 85 doesn't mean that it's "supposed" to be that way. By default in Vista 960x600 is limited to 100hz, but in XP i run it at 150hz for CS:S and the horizontal refresh is only 98hz, not even close to the limit of 121. Try the XP x64 driver once, it allows for much higher refresh rates than xp x68 and vista, which one do you "suppose" is right?
Those are the stabilizer lines to keep the tube in place i believe, those are completely normal and all these monitors have them.
Sure, you can run it @ that refresh rate, but i WOULDNT.
there's a reason why it maxes at @85HZ
I would personally never push the refresh rate past what its supposed to run at unless you want your monitor to die an early death.