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Re: Canopus Spectra 2500 refresh rate problem in NT4

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From: Byron Followell
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.



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	  - Byron Followell
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From: followel@comsource.net (Byron Followell)
Subject: Re: Canopus Spectra 2500 refresh rate problem in NT4
Date: 1999/01/17
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