Blurry monitor on FC4

Joe Barnett joe.barnett at mr72.com
Sat Jan 21 16:04:59 UTC 2006


Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 1/21/06, jdow <jdow at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> From: "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Thanks fo the reply. It is not a flat panel display. I just spent some
>>> time on google and could not find it! There are two monitors that
>>> _seem_ to be the same:
>>> Proview DX777
>>> Proview MZ777
>>>
>>> Although they both clain a 1280*1024 max resolution and the most that
>>> I had been able to coax ut of this monitor was 1024*768, though that
>>> may be a limitation of my graphics card (cheap on board).
>> Run the refresh rate back down to 60Hz and see if it will make it to
>> 1280x1024.
>> {^_-}
>>
> 
> No, it did not give me that option. I switched to 60 Hz, made the
> change effective (horrible flashing monitor), but the option of higher
> resolution was not there. I know that there is a config files that i
> can edit, but I'm not sure that would be wise.
> 

I think someone mentioned this already, but try setting refresh to 
75 Hz.  I have an old Sony 100ES (15" Trinitron).  Capable of 
1024x768 at 85Hz refresh, but setting it to 75Hz greatly improved 
the picture.  I, too, was having issues with blurry fonts and such 
at 85Hz.

Joe




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