Re: [CGUYS] Making Video Settings Stick

2008-09-11 Thread John DeCarlo
Historically, the refresh rate supported is determined by the monitor. When LCDs first came out, they were limited to operating at 60 Hz. LCDs don't do the same kind of refresh that CRTs do, so it is less of an issue (in theory). I have seen LCDs that support higher refresh rates, but I am not

Re: [CGUYS] Making Video Settings Stick

2008-09-11 Thread Tom Piwowar
i am running my lcd at 60 hz, and do not have a problem with florescent lights shining on it. That is because the LCD has greater image persistence than CRTs. With CRTs engineers had to work to keep the image on screen longer. With LCDs engineers had to work to get the image on screen to not

[CGUYS] Making Video Settings Stick

2008-09-10 Thread gerald
i have an ati radon 1200 with 256 meg of ram. run vista. both latest upgrades. have a V7 22 wide screen monitor. cheap Acer with quad core. installed ATI CCC(catalyst control center). i set the display to 1440 x 900. all is fine. when i shut down the computer and reboot, the display

Re: [CGUYS] Making Video Settings Stick

2008-09-10 Thread Tony B
Are you sure your 22 LCD monitor isn't native 1680X1050? Unlike CRTs, you want to set an LCD to it's exact resolution. Maybe the res you're trying to enter is so far off it's getting rejected? On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:07 PM, gerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have an ati radon 1200 with 256 meg