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5200 has video noise

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I just bought a brand new Rosewill Geforce FX 5200 from new egg and installed it in my computer. It has both DVI and VGA outputs.

This video card has noticable video noise at my current res of 1600 by 1200 @ 65hz. It has the same at any other res, but it's more noticable at the higher res'es. It has the video quality of a mid 90s ATi card at high res.

I had a GF2 MX in here before this card. The video quality was very good.

Now I'm wondering if this could be caused by the fact that I'm using the VGA port, which has a ribon cable going to it on the card itself. Maybe using the DVI port with an adapter will correct this? Or did I get another defuct card?

I bought a refurb 5200 before this and it had video noise as well. Only much worse. It also had VGA and DVI ports. I sent it back.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-164-024&depa=1
 
Well first why would you buy a new 5200 :eek: . Anyway i think rosewill sucks. My dad has a XFX 5200 try that. Sorry i don't have any way to get it to work.
 
Can you describe this "noise?" What exactly does it look like?
 
The picture looks fine from a distance, but at normal viewing distance, you can see noise on the ligher colors. It almost looks like a faint static. At higher resolutions, I can see lines going though the ligher colors.
 
your color profiles might be p00ched


play with settings in the control panel
 
I might be completely off on this, but I'd try a different vga cable. You say you've had it happen twice on two different cards. Any change you were using the same monitor and cable?
 
Dr. X said:
I might be completely off on this, but I'd try a different vga cable. You say you've had it happen twice on two different cards. Any change you were using the same monitor and cable?
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The only change was the card itself. The VGA cable does not have a second end. It is sealed to my viewsonic with a gromet.

I'm going to try to get a DVI to VGA adapter, if any of the local shops have any in stock. I don't have any left. That ribon cable doesn't seem like it would be too good for transmitting a 1600x1200 video signal.
 
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