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Article #61Re: Maximum Refresh on Monster 3D is 60Hz with some heavy iron!
From: Kal Wallner
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00
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On Sun, 8 Feb 1998 04:58:34 GMT, Larry Schachter <lrscpa@5carroll.com> wrote: >Have a new PII-300, 128 MB RAM, with an STB Velocity 128 (Riva 128), and >a 19" monitor. The Riva works great, but just to muck up the works, I >decided to throw in my Monster 3D. > >Problem is with all this heavy iron, I can't do better than 60 HZ at >640*480 and 800*600 with Desktop|Properties|Monster 3D settings. I even >tried putting SET SST_SCREENREFRESH=75 in my autoexec.bat, only to have >this parameter overwritten back down to 60 each time I access the >Monster 3D settings. Am using version 1.09 of Monster drivers and v1.30 >of the STB Velocity 128. > >Could the problem lie with my monitor.inf file? Make sure that you actually have something set for your monitor type in My Computer -> Device Manager -> Monitor. I originally used the Matrox MGA monitor settings to pick my monitor, and you don't see the selection under My Computer, thus limiting my Monster3D to 60Hz. ---- Kal Wallner Montreal, Canada ICQ: 1103841 NOTE: Remove 'NO_CANNED_MEAT' from my email when replying directly!
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