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In article <122343225wnr@ttelmah.demon.co.uk>
           roger@ttelmah.demon.co.uk "Roger Hamlett" writes:

> The PCI card, is trying to run your monitor, at a different (probably faster)
> sync rate than the ISA card. Most cards, have a utility, that allows you to
> select the refresh rate for the different resolutions. In some it's a DOS
> utility, that you run before going into Windows, and the settings are
> held in memory for each resolution. If I remember correctly, the W32p software
> has a utility in Windows, that allows you to set the refresh rate to 72,60 or
> 43Hz (interlaced). Try the 60Hz setting (not so nice on the eyes, but it may
> work). If you have to go down to the 43Hz setting, forget it and buy a new
> monitor!. I'm sorry to say that, but 43Hz is terrible on the eyes.

Thanks for the info - I checked and there is indeed a utility for setting the
screen resolution and refresh frequency interactively. This allowed me to 
confirm that the monitor will display 640 x 480 *and* 1024 x 768 reasonably
well at 60 Hz, but will not display 800 x 600 correctly - severe lateral 
distortion of the image. Having played with the screen refresh rates it 
doesn't appear to be able to handle anythiny over 72 Hz either. Sounds like 
the screen is not really up to the job (sigh). Having established this, 
does anyone feel able to recommend a better-quality monitor that will be 
able to cope with the sort of output you'd expect from a 2 Meg PCI card?

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leo