XP Resolution and Refresh Rate

[Diver01]

Just a question on what is the best Refresh Rate for XP and running games?

Currently I have an AOC 9Glrs, running at 1028x768 and 60Hz. 60 Hz seems to be the only refresh rate my monitor will run at stable. All other rates the monitor either flickers, becomes blurry, or both. Any thoughts.....

Vid card is ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128

[TripleRLtd]

Just a question on what is the best Refresh Rate for XP and running games?

Currently I have an AOC 9Glrs, running at 1028x768 and 60Hz. 60 Hz seems to be the only refresh rate my monitor will run at stable. All other rates the monitor either flickers, becomes blurry, or both. Any thoughts.....

Vid card is ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128

Geez Diver, that's a really low refresh rate.
Something must be wrong.
It's not really dependent on the OS.
Moreso on the game in question, and most importantly the video card.
Give us more details.
With what you have and at a pretty standard 1028/768 you should be getting at least 85-100.

[Diver01]

Geez Diver, that's a really low refresh rate.
Something must be wrong.
It's not really dependent on the OS.
Moreso on the game in question, and most importantly the video card.
Give us more details.
With what you have and at a pretty standard 1028/768 you should be getting at least 85-100.

I really believe that it is a monitor issue. I had the same monitor pluged into another XP machine, with a geforce 2gts card and had the same results. flickering, blurry vision. Maybe I just have a crappy monitor....

[NooNoo]

is the monitor in warranty?

[TripleRLtd]

is the monitor in warranty?

Ah, so it looks like you nailed it down.

[hudsonsmith]

Do you have the driver for the monitor installed or is xp detecting via plug and play? If pnp, try installing the driver, which is available here: http://www.aocmonitor.com/support/drivers/AOC.exe If you are using the driver, try deleting the monitor from device manager and let xp detect it as pnp

[Diver01]

Ah, so it looks like you nailed it down.

The monitor is not in warrenty unfortunately I have tried those drivers and I get the same results. It is something that I just plan to live with at this point. It doesnt hurt my eyes, the graphics are crystal clear, there is no flutter in the screen at all. Its just something that bugs me from time to time... why 60hz? whys the sky blue? Why do women look and smell so damn good... Its a mystery...

[Archer]

The breadth and clarity of the AOC 9GLRS are supported by a 1600 by 1200 display running at a flicker-free 75Hz

http://www.geishapc.com/noname10.html

Seems there are two this one and a short neck 95MHz model
http://www.computerhq.com/hardware/p...-id-27667.html

[confus-ed]

Monitor Cable slightly damaged ? ... does windows 'see' it as a plug & play monitor or do you need to tell it ? (hudsonsmith asks, but you didn't answer !)

... & There are certain 'plug & play' monitor that though DDE compliant (what you supposedly need to be plug & play) that aren't really ... you need to use the monitor controls to further adjust displays 'first time' i.e whenever you actually unplug it completely & then use a 'non-standard' resolution (i.e not 640x480), so use the big 'multi' button on the front, to adjust all those mad values like 'pincushion', 'trapezoid', 'unbalance' etc etc etc, these then get 'remembered' for next time, as long as you don't unplug the monitor but let it stay in suspend (look at the first link Archer so helpfully provides ) ...

[Diver01]

Monitor Cable slightly damaged ? ... does windows 'see' it as a plug & play monitor or do you need to tell it ? (hudsonsmith asks, but you didn't answer !)

... & There are certain 'plug & play' monitor that though DDE compliant (what you supposedly need to be plug & play) that aren't really ... you need to use the monitor controls to further adjust displays 'first time' i.e whenever you actually unplug it completely & then use a 'non-standard' resolution (i.e not 640x480), so use the big 'multi' button on the front, to adjust all those mad values like 'pincushion', 'trapezoid', 'unbalance' etc etc etc, these then get 'remembered' for next time, as long as you don't unplug the monitor but let it stay in suspend (look at the first link Archer so helpfully provides ) ...

Windows sees it as a PnP monitor. I have installed the AOC drivers for it as well. It may be a bad cable or maybe its just a flakey monitor. Its something I can live with until it drops dead. Then I will get my a nice fancy Flat Screen.