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Article #47Re: Canopus Spectra 2500 refresh rate problem in NT4
From: Byron Followell
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 00:00
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On Sat, 16 Jan 1999 06:10:13 GMT, crash.override@the.internet (Crash) wrote: >According to the Canopus website at this URL: >http://www.canopuscorp.com/spectra2500/spectra2500_spec_sheet.htm > >The Canopus Spectra 2500 should should be able to hit 32bit-color >Windows resolutions of: >1024x768 @ 150Hz >1280x1024 @ 120Hz >1408x1024 @ 100Hz > >However the best refresh rates I can get are: >1024x768 @ 100Hz >1280x1024 @ 90Hz >1408x1024 @ 85Hz > >The display control panel will not let me set any higher refresh rates >at those resolutions. Has anyone else seen this problem? Is there a >fix to this bug, or is the video card falsely advertised? > >I doubt the problem is with my monitor. My monitor is a Viewsonic >P815 which is capable of up to 139Hz at 1024x768 and up to 91Hz at >1600x1200. > >I'm using Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4, P2-400, Asus P2B motherboard, >256 MB RAM, a brand new Canopus Spectra 2500 AGP, latest NT4 Spectra >drivers. > >___ My Spectra does the same thing! 100 is the highest refresh option I have available. There is nothing higher on the list even though the card and my monitor, a Princeton Graphics E075, are supposed to be capable of higher. -- Sincerely, - Byron Followell followel@comsource.net Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/acres/6391/ Reach me by ICQ. My ICQ# is 13014170
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