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Article #2899Re: LCD Monitor driving me nuts
From: Duncan
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:23
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:23
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"Grant" <Grant@Mcleod40.fsnet.co.ku.com> wrote in message news:3ea5a78e$0$11379$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com... > > "Duncan" <duncan(remove)smith99@(remove)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:b83r9a$hov$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... > > > > "Laurence Payne" <l@laurenceDELETEpayne.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:orraav44g8j3lr8i186clpv5562se1j29h@4ax.com... > > > >MUST?? Are you sure they don't say "must not be higher than...?" > > > > > > > >Recheck the documentation: I'm sure it must support lower > > > >resolutions. IMO you'd need more-than-averagely-perfect eyesight > > > >to be comfortable with 1280x1024 on a 17" display. > > > > > > This is a LCD, remember. These are often very unhappy except at > > > certain 'native' resolutions. > > > > I have just tried at the lower resolution and the text is very poor/blocky > > depsite fiddling with brightness/contarst etc. > > Duncan > > > Go in to properties and change the Refresh 75 will probably be clearer rate > what graphics card have you got ? It is set at 75 and the graphics card is intel 82810-DC100 graphics controller 3.0 and when I looked at downloading the latest drivers from the ihtel site this is what it said: "Indicates IntelοΏ½ Chipsets that do not have integrated graphics. Please contact your graphics card or system manufacturer to obtain the correct graphics drivers for your system" It is Gateway system about 2.5 years old. Duncan
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